| 单词 | Cowper |
| 例句 | But what was bad was that Miss Cowper decided that beginning next week, she would make us take turns reading it aloud. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Except that in English the next day, a runner from the Principal’s Office came in and handed Miss Cowper a note. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Miss Cowper was waiting for me when I got there. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But I didn’t care, because I figured it all out, thanks to Miss Cowper’s County Literacy Unit. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hanada told Cowper, “We didn’t know them. No, we didn’t give them any water. We didn’t talk to them. They had severe high-altitude sickness. They looked as if they were dangerous.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Miss Cowper still hadn’t made us start stupid Jane Eyre, so we had all 160 pages to look forward to—not that it mattered, because I wasn’t going to read it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In English, Miss Cowper was throwing us into the Introduction to Poetry Unit like it was as all-fired important as the moon shot. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Miss Cowper and I, we looked each other in the eye. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “That’ll do,” said Miss Cowper, and with one last look at me—a little worried, maybe?—she turned back to the chalkboard. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For the rest of that week, Miss Cowper read it aloud to us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That day I was supposed to have my last After School Detention with Mr. Ferris again, but when I came in, he told me to report to Miss Cowper’s room. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Miss Cowper in English, whose first words were “This fall, we will be reading Jane Eyre by Miss Charlotte Brontë, and I am not naive enough to believe that you will all like it.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Miss Cowper found out about the Broadway play, I thought she was going to walk on air right there in front of us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z —William Cowper Innumeracy, Freud, and Pseudoscience Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I better go to Miss Cowper’s room,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When he was again in their company, he could not help remembering what he had seen; nor could he avoid observations which, unless it were like Cowper and his fire at twilight, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But Woundwort grew up very wild and, like Cowper’s hare, would bite when he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that day, Miss Cowper—and I didn’t ask for this, it just seemed to happen—Miss Cowper wrote me an excuse from PE so that I could help her refresh her County Literacy Unit. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some romantics may not be completely pleased by season 2, which doesn't wrap up neatly in a bow like the empire waist on a Cressida Cowper dress. Dearest "Bridgerton" viewer, loosen your corset because this season smolders to the very end 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z So it was through emulation rather than a burgeoning of native spirit that what another poet, William Cowper, described as "Italian light on English walls" came to be painted. Constable, Turner, Gainsborough and the Making of Landscape 2012-11-23T22:55:21Z If Morris's Sapphics deal with a subject that is public in nature, Lines Written During a Period of Insanity by his contemporary William Cowper is concerned with much more personal matters. Poster poems: Sapphics 2010-07-02T09:32:00Z With a sentence, she can send customers to the modiste or suitors away from annoying Cressida Cowper. Secrets of a gossip writer: The unchecked power of Lady Whistledown on "Bridgerton" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Lucky liked killing birds, and years later I would think of him when I read William Cowper's pretty little poem to Beau, the dog with a taste for the avian edible. It's a dog's life 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z He was an expert on the English poet William Cowper. Charles Ryskamp, Director of Morgan and Frick, Dies at 81 2010-03-30T16:01:00Z Paul Collins, who chairs the museum's board of trustees, said the Cowper and Newton Museum wanted to "reflect the universal appeal of this hymn". Amazing Grace: How the town of Olney created a world-famous famous hymn 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Sheffield lost the Democratic party primary that year to Steve Cowper, who went on to be elected governor. Bill Sheffield, former Alaska governor, dies at age 94 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The Stuff news organization said neighbors Karen and Brad Cowper called police just after 10 p.m. when they heard a man screaming and crying. Police investigate deaths of 3 young children in New Zealand 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z A Volvo estate believed to be used by the people involved was found abandoned more than a mile away in Cowper Road the following morning. Second arrest after man shot dead in Hackney 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z He was now teaching Qigong and Tai Chi in the community on Wednesday afternoons in a spacious, wooden room in a church on Cowper Street. Reclaiming Control in the Face of Parkinson's 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The poem was Pity for Poor Africans from 1788, by English satirical poet and abolitionist William Cowper. Rhiannon Giddens: ‘I see this album as part of a movement to reclaim black female history’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The poet William Cowper wrote about “Low ambition and the thirst of praise.” It’s Easy to Be Called ‘Thirsty’ on Social Media. What About on Capitol Hill? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Local politician Murray Cowper told the BBC that the loss of property was "significant". Australia Waroona fire threatens more towns after devastating Yarloop - BBC News 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z That conclusion was branded "incredible and deeply disappointing" by council leader Ferris Cowper, of the Conservatives. 'Too ugly' rape jibe councillor quits 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Fire Chief Fred Cowper says the blaze apparently started in the basement and caused extensive damage to the home. Gunshot victim found in burning home near Lansing 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “I mean, people say things Cowper did in his poem today, without irony. People want to get on with ordinary life. And ignoring the way people are treated – that’s how holocausts begin.” Rhiannon Giddens: ‘I see this album as part of a movement to reclaim black female history’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z “To the traveling public, we are Good Samaritans,” Mr. Cowper said. The Airport Chaplain, Now Offering Earthly Aid 2014-03-03T02:18:39Z In the essay, she praised a number of famous androgynous writers, including Shakespeare, Keats, Sterne, Cowper, Lamb, and Coleridge. Blurred Lines, Androgyny and Creativity 2013-09-01T20:45:01.870Z Sherard Cowper Coles, the principal private secretary to Robin Cook, said his charge studied his papers like "the school swot" on the plane out to European council meetings. Who was greatest foreign secretary? 2013-05-14T01:30:45Z Meanwhile, a block away at the Sprint store at University and Cowper, there was no bubble machine, and no clapping. Apple: iPhone 5 Sales Start To Cheering, Clapping, Doughnuts 2012-09-21T16:34:55Z Following his discovery, Mr Beattie said he wanted to find out more about Ms Richardson, including a visit to Cowper Street, in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, where she once lived. Man learns mum was Ripper victim 2012-06-29T20:04:24Z Larry Cowper of the Salvation Army and the Rev. Donna Mote of the Episcopal Church lent the traveler a sympathetic ear. The Airport Chaplain, Now Offering Earthly Aid 2014-03-03T02:18:39Z The inscription as follows was written by Cowper’s friend, Hayley:— In memory of William Cowper, Esq., Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Cowper.—An extract from the long poem of the same title. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z As a boy and young man Cowper appears to have been high-spirited and natural. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The poet Cowper, in his Task, more than a hundred years ago, appreciatively spoke of “The villas with which London stands begirt, Like a swarth Indian with his belt of beads.” Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z After his shift one evening, Mr. Cowper answered his cellphone, and a gate agent put a passenger on the phone who said, “I’m on my way to kill a man.” The Airport Chaplain, Now Offering Earthly Aid 2014-03-03T02:18:39Z Ye who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents, dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion’s bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper’s dust! Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Cowper is verbally accurate, but tame and tiresome. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It may introduce us also to Harriet's sister, Theodora, with whom Cowper, after the fashion of idle students, fell thoughtlessly in love. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z At the Jerusalem and East India Coffee-house, Cowper’s Court, Cornhill, information relating to East India shipping and captains may be obtained. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Panshanger House, until recently the principal seat of the Cowpers, is a splendid mansion in Gothic style erected at the beginning of the 19th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In the upper portion of each panel is carved a portrait in relief, the one on the right showing the head of Cowper, while on the left the features of Lamb are characteristically depicted. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z That a statesman should have succeeded in a task of this sort, where Pope and Cowper failed, is strange indeed. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Cowper took the separation easily enough, if we may judge from the letters of the period; but to Theodora, one fancies, it meant a life of sad memories. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Varro expressed an eminently Roman sentiment in that beautiful sentence which Cowper has introduced into English poetry, “Divine Providence made the country, but human art the town.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The best mode of connecting the rack and its sliding piece is that represented in the figure, and is the same which is adopted in the well-known cylinder printing-engines of Mr. Cowper. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Printed at London, and published by Johnson in St. Paul's Church-yard from whose shop seven years before had appeared "The Task" of Cowper. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Humour and pathos lend the same charm to the letters as they do to the letters of Cowper. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z But all this was to come after the great change in Cowper's life. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z "Esteemed madam and misses," he said, "deign to direct your footsteps to humble abode, or, as William Cowper beautifully says, your lodge in vast wilderness, with boundless contiguity of shade." Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Other famous translations of the whole "Odyssey" were made by Alexander Pope, William Cowper, George Chapman, and others. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Of the misfortunes of Cowper we have all heard, and certainly he was unfortunate, for he was liable to fits of insanity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The accessory generative glands are the two vesiculae seminales, with the median third vesicle, or uterus masculinus, lying between them, the single bilobed prostate, and a pair of globular Cowper’s glands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z There was, however, some dispute as to the validity of the donor's powers, and it became necessary for Cowper to prove his competency at the bar of the House. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z When we come to Tsavo we may behold lions, truly denominated the king of beasts, but no longer monarchs of all they survey, as William Cowper beautifully and poetically says. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Cowper is generally looked upon as a serious poet, yet he wrote "Johnny Gilpin." Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Burns was more fortunate in his death than Cowper: he lived self-supported to the end. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z There is something of the same kind to be felt in Cowper's letters, but in the stronger nature the gift is of more significance. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Unfortunately, the malady also which came into the world with Rousseau, the morbid exaggeration of personal consciousness, had laid hold of Cowper. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Cowper could not talk with civet in the room; most of us could not even breathe. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The man surrendered to police in the early hours after an incident in Cowper Street off Kettering Road, a mile from the town centre. Man arrested after rooftop siege 2012-02-26T10:17:24Z In 1717 Lord Chancellor Cowper made him secretary to the commissions of the peace in the court of chancery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The bard of course was Cowper, who lived at East Dereham in his affliction, died and was buried there. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Some day, no doubt, we shall have such an interwoven edition of Cowper's prose and verse, to obtain which we would willingly sacrifice a full third of the letters if this were necessary. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Their tameness, as Cowper says, "was shocking to me." The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z It was, nevertheless, an Englishman and a naval officer, Captain Cowper Coles, who sought to deprive Ericsson of the honor of his invention. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The subject for November will be, "Lessons to be Derived from the History of Daniel," and the prize to be given for the best Essay on that subject, a copy of "Cowper's Poems." The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z "My lord, the witness laughs," said Mr. Cowper; "I pray your lordship warn him that he swear truly." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z We were just sitting down to supper," writes Cowper to Mrs. Unwin's son, "when a hasty rap alarmed us. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z "And you know Cowper, who was admiral out here?" The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Then follows an exquisite eulogy of the poet Cowper, which readers of Lavengro know full well. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z As Cowper sweetly sings— "Of all the crowns Jehovah wears, Salvation is His dearest claim; That gracious sound well-pleased He hears, And owns Emmanuel for His name." The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z "And this too I doubt not is for nothing," said Mr. Cowper, the counsel, with a mocking irony, as he held up the medal which King James had given to me at Commercy. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z In 1794, Cowper sank into a state of melancholia, in which for hours he would walk backward and forward in his study like a caged tiger. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z —The "Bensley tragedy" was no doubt the sudden death, in April or May, 1765, by a fall from his horse, of James Bensley, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn; probably an early acquaintance of Hill and Cowper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Cowper was buried here by the side of Mary Unwin, and every Sunday little George would see his tomb just as Henry Kingsley was wont to see the tombs in Chelsea Old Church. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z "I am, Sir, "Your most humble servant, "William Cowper." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He then quotes the passage from Cowper, containing the above line. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z The last few letters, written in Cowper's ever-dwindling moments of sanity, are without a parallel in English. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The poet Cowper has a remark on translation from Latin which is eminently true also of translation from Persian. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The fervour of devotion to Cowper’s memory that obtained in those early days must have been a stimulus to the boy, who from the first had ambitions far beyond anything that he was to achieve. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z "I heartily wish with you, that Cowper had trusted to his own legs, instead of a pair of stilts, to lift him to fame." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Cowper uses the word dray with reference to the same animal: "Chined like a squirrel to his dray." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z Lamb is of the city, Cowper of the fields. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Great Dryden all pretence discards, Does Cowper ever strain his tether? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Twenty years before Borrow was born Cowper had sung her merits in his verse. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The following criticisms on "Cowper's Homer," and "Roscoe's Lorenzo de' Medici," will give some idea of his powers in this department of literature. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z I couldn’t face the public recitation in the Senate House, feeling very much as Cowper felt; Merivale declaimed my poem for me in the Senate House.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z In Cowper, whose mind dwelt on the power and mercies of Providence, this self-consciousness united with his Calvinism to produce the belief that God had determined to ensnare and destroy his soul. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Rarely, now, can the beautiful description of Cowper be realized:— "Thump after thump resounds the constant flail, That seems to swing uncertain, and yet falls Full on the destined ear." Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z His case bore little resemblance to those of religious enthusiasts like Bunyan, Cowper, and others. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z In January 1786, Cowper issued a prospectus for publishing a translation of Homer into English blank verse. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The only English poems we can think of as of the same order, are Cowper’s lines on seeing his mother’s portrait: O that these lips had language! Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The conviction came upon Cowper through the agency of dreams and imaginary voices. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Kœnig's machine, which was a very complicated instrument, was supplanted at the 'Times' office by a modification of Applegath's and Cowper's machine, which printed four thousand sheets an hour on one side. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Cowper.—There is an affectation in the present day for pronouncing words, not only contrary to established usage, but in defiance of orthography. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z From her they will pass to General Cowper, and from him, I suppose, to Mr. Fuseli, in a short time. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Is not Lord Mahon mistaken in supposing that this saying refers to Lord Cowper? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z It is not strange that the society from which Cowper fled should have seemed to him whimsical and a little mad. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z He enjoyed being carried about like a baby, and would even go to sleep in Cowper’s arms, which is a very strange thing for a hare to do. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z By the former, a judge on the bench is called, instead of "My Lord" and "His Lordship," "My Lud" and "His Ludship;" and in the latter, Cowper is metamorphosed into Cooper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z "I am, Sir, "Your most humble servant, "William Cowper." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z After a week of care, varied by pleasant visits from Lacaita, F. Leveson, and H. Cowper, we started, and rested at Milan and Genoa, and yet were nearly the first arrivals here. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z In order to establish him in the world, his cousin, Major Cowper, offered him the office of Clerk of the Journals to the House of Lords. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z However, Cowper decided that three would be ample for his purposes, and as he wished them to learn nice clean habits, he began with his own hands to build them a house. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Now, I fancy that "My Lord" is a vast deal more euphonious than "My Lud" and Cowper, as Shakspeare has it, "becomes the mouth as well" as Cooper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z Cowper proceeded with his part, and Fuseli laboured in putting upon canvass the sublime, the pathetic, and the playful scenes in Milton. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z They would stand a Liberal Government made up of Spencers and Cowpers, but they say that the demagogues have been strong enough to force their way in, and will make their power felt. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z The intimacy ripened and Cowper was taken into the family almost as one of its members. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Cowper took the hint, and always saw, after that, that sand was placed where the hares could get at it. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z As Cowper the poet has been hitherto known, and by that name will be cherished by posterity. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z Mr. Cowper, in his interpretation of many words and expressions of dubious explication, has generally chosen that sense which seemed most to contribute to the perspicuity of the passage: thus in Iliad, iv. v. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Cowper resigns; after an interval, half a successor is appointed; then the suspects are released; then Forster resigns; and then, after another interval showing want of preparation, there is a new Secretary. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Cowper himself, on emerging from his melancholia at St. Albans, had adopted the extreme Calvinistic tenets in regard to the divine omnipotence. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Mr. Hal Hurst shows something of it, though he, and in greater measure Mr. Max Cowper, also suggest the unforgettable technique of Charles Dana Gibson. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z Lord Campbell, who seems rather fond of such speculations, however, in the case of Lord Cowper does not give the etymology of the name. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z Berry—No. Cowper—Did you see her legs? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z After the Cowper Street Discussion with the Rev. Brewin Grant in 1853, see Chapter X, page 50, societies, halls, and newspapers adopted the Secular name. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Well, Cowper believed in it; there was no insulating pad of worldly indifference between his faith and his nerves, and he went mad. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Cowper's experiments with hares will naturally occur to the reader, besides which there are cases recorded where tame hares have been associated in domesticity with cats and even sporting dogs. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Mr. Mark Antony Lower, too, in his Essay on English Surnames, classes Cowper among the surnames derived from trade. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z Berry—No. Cowper—Could you see them under the water? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The tone of Cowper's hymns harmonised more with the prevailing cast of his mind than that of any other sacred lyrics. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z But it must not be supposed from all this that Cowper's letters are morbid in tone or filled with the dejection of melancholia. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Besides revelling in the Latin classics, Shakspeare, Milton, Pope, and Cowper, and much history, he was keenly observant of what was going on about him. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Charlotte has said they all had a leaning to Cowper's poem, 'The Castaway,' and appropriated it in one way or another; she told Mrs. Gaskell that Branwell had done so. The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z Cowper—How was she taken out of the water? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Branwell's favourite poets were Wordsworth and the melancholy Cowper, whose 'Castaway' he was always fond of quoting. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Put aside for a moment the language of the market place, and be honest with ourselves: is there not a little of our fate, of the fate of mankind, in Cowper's desolation? Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Cowper's notion of the daw's voice, by the way, was just as false as that expressed by Ruskin, as we may find in his paraphrase of Vincent Bourne's lines to that bird:— Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Cowper is a similar instance: I believe it has always been called Cooper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Cowper—But you struggled to save yourself from drowning? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The following account of Mr. Carver's life, character, and ministry, was drawn up by the late Mr. Bull, of Newport, the friend of Newton and Cowper. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Arranged in chronological order, with annotations, by Thomas Wright, Principal of Cowper School, Olney. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The braying of the donkey was to Cowper the one exception in animal life; but he never heard it in its proper conditions. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z In an old electioneering squib by the late Lord John Townshend, Cowper is made to rhyme to Trooper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Cowper—Did you ever know, Sir, a body that was otherwise killed, to float upon the water? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The name of this village is familiar to many of the lovers of poetry from Cowper's celebrated lines on "Yardley Oak," standing in "Yardley Chase," about a mile and a half from the village. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z "Ball of Worsted wound by William Cowper, the poet, for Mrs. Unwin." Voces Populi 2011-10-04T02:00:20.280Z —Upon what authority is Lord Coke's name pronounced as though it were spelt Cook, and why is Cowper, the poet, generally called Cooper? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z I am enabled to state decidedly that he himself pronounced his name Cowper, and not Cooper. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Cowper—I would ask the doctor one question, my lord, Whether he was not a constant voter against the interest of our family in this corporation? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z No poem in the language contains more terrific truth, than that noted ode, called “The Cry of the Children,” blending, as it does, the tragic depth of Æschylus with the tender pathos of Cowper. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z The life of Cowper, the poet, who was born here, will be given at Olney, on account of the length of the present article. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Swift speaks of riding in the six-penny stage; and Cowper has a similar usage. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The other poet, to whom allusion has been made, living beside him, in that country of England, yet not near him nor known to him, was William Cowper. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Cowper—That was the very day I went into Essex. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper’s contrast may have been too strong, when he said that “God made the country, and man made the town,” for, in both places, we are surrounded by the works of God and man. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z As a religious poet, he reveals the quiet piety and devoutness of Cowper; and his rural and folk poems show that he is a debtor to Burns. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z How unerring was his instinct in these matters the English reader is best able to judge by his handling of English authors, so diverse and so difficult as Cowper, Gibbon, and Chesterfield. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He had fair amount of money, good prospect of a place under Government—his uncle, Ashley Cowper, being a man of position and influence. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Cowper—Then did not you say these words, We must not concern ourselves with Sarah Walker, for she is the only witness against the Cowpers? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z It would be idle to compare them with those of Gray, Horace Walpole, Cowper, Byron or Fitzgerald, the acknowledged masters of that form of composition. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z It will not be distinctively the poetry of Wordsworth, or Cowper, or Byron, or Longfellow, or Whittier. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z How thoroughly he appreciates the charm of Cowper's happy hours—his pleasant humour—his scholar-like fancies—his witty verse! Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Meanwhile the new, and much-loved poem which had grown out of this intimacy did worthily, and very largely, extend Cowper's fame. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Cowper—Pray did not the widow Davis warm the sheets for these gentlemen? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z If he was, we might say that Cowper aerated with a little of Walpole most nearly, though, after all, but remotely, suggests a true conception of what Franklin was as a letter-writer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Like Burns and Cowper, Whittier is distinctively a rustic poet, and he and Whitman are the most indigenous and patriotic of our singers. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Read his three papers on Cowper over again, and you will agree with me. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He likewise gave Cowper some valuable assistance in preparing the translation of Homer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Cowper—Pray, who brought the cord down from above stairs? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Mortified by this action, Hillsborough resigned his office, and was succeeded by Lord Dartmouth, the nobleman described by Cowper as "One who wears a coronet, and prays." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z It was the well-known line of Cowper, that God made the country, but man made the town. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Lamb's letters are not indeed model letters like Cowper's. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z She had never seen a line from either, but she judged from our faculty of conversation—often quite a false test, as witness Cowper and Gray. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Hatsell, Baron—Do not flourish too much, Mr. Cowper; if you have opened all your evidence, call your witnesses, and when they have ended, then make your observations. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper has beautifully versified this idea in his hymn, beginning 'God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform'; you will find it in Belknap. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Had all the tribe of bards risen from their graves, been capable of participating in our earthly food, and come to us that day, Cowper would have been treated to Benjamin's portion. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Hayley's Life of Cowper is now obsolete, though since it is adorned with vignettes by Blake it is prized by the curious. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z For the young people there were Cowper’s Poems, those of Jane Taylor, and Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Joseph Taylor—It was the fore part of the day; while I was there, my lord, Mrs. Sarah Stout's maid came to invite Mr. Cowper to her house to dinner. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Where others toil with philosophic force, Their nimble nonsense takes a shorter course, Flings at your head convictions in the lump, And gains' remote conclusions with a jump.—Cowper, A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Scott would be greater than Shelley, and Cowper than Coleridge. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Mr. Benham's recent Life, prefixed to the cheap Globe edition of Cowper's Poems, is marvellously good and compressed. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z No less a hand than Stanfield painted the scenery, and Dickens himself, besides writing the prologue, introduced into the piece a ballad called The Story of the Wreck, a not unsuccessful effort in Cowper’s manner. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Cowper—Did you know anything of my sending to the coffee-house? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z As Cowper writes: Where has commerce such a mart, So rich, so thronged, so drained, and so supplied, As London—opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London? Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z I am exceedingly obliged to her; but even if I failed to make you poetical, Caroline, you might have emulated Cowper, and instead of singing the 'Sofa,' sung the 'Table.' Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z I thought so, at the time, but you would give him Cowper.' Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z It is little better known than is "The French Academy," and yet Cowper pronounced it the most amusing romance ever written. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Mr. Marshall—My lord, I verily believe I was by, and that Mr. Cowper shewed me this letter immediately on receipt of it, as he had done several others from the same hand. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z So Cowper wrote, after losing his mother, and in expectation that she would yet return: “What ardently I wish’d, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived.” A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z She lifted her eyes to some point far, far away and immediately said, “Sounds like Cowper.” Metropolitan Diary: When Hearing Warps Reality 2011-07-03T23:57:52Z This lightness of touch, this love of trifling, never deserted Cowper, not even when the pains of hell got hold of him, and he believed himself the especially accursed of God. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z So impressed was Cowper with its style that he stated that it would not have dishonoured Tacitus himself. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Mr. Marshall—My lord, I was in the coffee-house with Mr. Cowper when he received this letter; and he afterwards shewed it to Mr. William Cowper, at the Covent-garden tavern, when I was by. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Bertie, you will not laugh at me, you will not think I'm off my head, will you, but if you'd just read me that beautiful hymn of Cowper's—"There is a fountain," you know? A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Let us hear the opinion of the poet Cowper, on this interesting subject. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Whether Cowper was bullied at Westminster is a matter of controversy. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z One of the most striking expressions of this truth that we have comes from the poor, sad, mad poet, Cowper: Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Mrs. Barefoot had expected Cowper at her lodgings, and had prepared a bed for him. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The volume is deemed “a wonderful performance,” by those echoes of contemporary prepossessions, the compilers of dictionary-biography; even the poet Cowper placed Mrs. Montague “at the head of all that is called learned.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is quite clear from the diary of Lady Cowper, that the old King's feeling towards George II. was always one of the most bitter hatred. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z According to Cowper, a great deal of giggling went on in Southampton Row. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The story of Cowper's life is enough of itself to encourage physician and patient to persevere in the effort to lift depression by occupation, since the fruits of that occupation may prove so valuable. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Cowper came to her house as usual, and sent to the coffee-house for his bag. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z A footnote informs us that ‘this hymn of Cowper’s has been translated by Mr. Gladstone into Italian.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Cowper spent the closing years of his life in a house in the Market Place, on the site of which the Cowper Congregational church is now erected. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z For a combination of delightful qualities, Cowper's letters have no rivals. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z A perfect host, and a man of the world endowed with many talents, Earl Cowper might have succeeded at almost anything except the one particular task to which he was assigned. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Spurr proved that Cowper came to the Glove and Dolphin Inn as the clock struck eleven, and stayed there about a quarter of an hour. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z A propos of country houses, I am going to spend a few days with Lady Cowper at Wrest Park towards the end of this month; there are to be theatricals and great hilarity. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Since they became known, Burns, Cowper, Mason the author of 'Caractacus' and friend of Gray, have died. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z To form anything like a fair estimate of Cowper, it is wise to ignore as much as possible his mental disease, and always to bear in mind the manner of man he naturally was. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The Land League Lord Cowper's viceroyalty has been tersely described as occupying 'two dismal years—the most dismal of the nineteenth century.' The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Cowper—Pray, Mrs. Walker, did you never take notice that your mistress was under melancholy? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z I have just been there; I must tell you at once the least pleasant part of my news—they have rejected the large "Johnny" and "Lord Cowper." The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z She was familiar with the poetry of Shakespeare, Milton, Scott, Cowper, and other celebrated authors. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z In this faith, diversified by doubt, Cowper must be said henceforth to have lived and died. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z At a meeting in a London theatre addressed by Lord Salisbury and the Marquis of Hartington, Lord Cowper was in the chair, and his presence was a tower of strength to the cause. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Cowper—You bought poison twice, did you give all the poison you bought to the dog? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Lady Cowper wrote me a very nice note about the rejection of her son's portrait, and said she was delighted to get it so soon. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The honor of demolishing the weavers of long tales shall be left to Cowper. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z There is no idyllic nonsense in Cowper's poetry. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z State of the country Immediate events justified Lord Cowper up to the hilt, who must have watched with a grim satisfaction the terrible results of Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy in the early eighties. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Hatsell, Baron—Did Mr. Cowper use to lodge at your house at the assizes? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z What could be made of such a man in a country fed and clothed with the teapot pieties of Cowper and the tape-yard infidelities of Paine? William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Landor, in 1847, thought this criticism of Cowper's an unintelligent one; he could not conceive how a poet so great as Cowper came to pass such a judgment. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Cowper may have had his qualms, but he concealed them manfully and remained faithful to Mrs. Unwin— ‘The patient flower Who possessed his darker hour.’ Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Cowper was forty-six years of age, and ten years previous to his appointment had married a daughter of the fourth Lord Northampton. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Cowper—Where did you come to invite me to dinner? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z For the rest, when out of the shadow of Klopstock or Cowper, Blake had enough serious work on hand. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z It appears to have been one of the few occasions on which Newton gave Cowper sensible advice. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Lady Hesketh soon begins to fill the chair vacated by Lady Austen, and Cowper's letters to her are amongst his most delightful. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z When the time came that disclosed Mr. Gladstone as the champion of Home Rule, Lord Cowper took a leading part in the forces arrayed against his old chief. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Cowper—Did you not observe the weeds and trumpery under her? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The poet Cowper was buried in the church there, and George Borrow was born there in 1803. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Nothing was common or unclean to our poet, at a time when poetry, except in Cowper's hands, was grandiose and affected to an uncommon degree. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Everybody interested in Cowper has of course to make out, as best he may, a picture of the poet for his own use. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Lady Cowper, however, very soon sets all right by furnishing them with another ticket. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Cowper—Mr. Berry, if I understand you right, you say her arm was driven between the stakes, and her head between the stakes; could you perceive her right arm, and where was her left arm? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z It is well known in England, that the chancellor Cowper married two wives, who lived together in the same house in a state of concord which did honor to all three. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Cowper, as I believe inspired by Bourne, was the first to make it unconventional. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Cowper's pleasant face when he said, 'Miss Catlett, shall I give you a piece of cutlet?' is a much more agreeable picture to find a small corner for in one's memory. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z From Hertford, I walked to Panshanger, Lord Cowper's, which is shown, and in the most delightful way, as you are taken to the picture-gallery, supplied with a catalogue, and left to your own devices. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Cowper—Pray by what passage does the water go into the thorax? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper's mother must have well used this opportunity considering the impression her brief companionship made upon the poet. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z It is a poem of which the line of thought is suggested by Bourne, and at a few points touches the Latin poem; but the turn, the colouring is Cowper's own. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z No doubt, by the time it came to these children's children the spell was broken, and Cowper went out of fashion when Sunday travelling and play-going came in again. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He attempted 'Cowper's Grave,' by Mrs. Browning, but was too tender-hearted to finish the reading of it. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Cowper—Sir, I would ask you, was you not angry that Mr. Camblin would not join with you in opinion? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Let husband and wife live near Him, and He will enable them to avoid domestic strife which Cowper declares to be the "sorest ill of human life." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Perhaps Hamlet was not mad; perhaps Cowper was not mad. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Mr. Smith seemed to discern Cowper clearly enough, but as somebody very far off. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Cowper, for example, criticizes most severely the luxury and vices of his age. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Dr. Nailor—I never did come to give a vote but sir William Cowper, or his son, opposed me, and said I had no right to vote. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper loved his pet hares, spaniel, and cat, and wrote the well-known "Cat retired from business." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The truth is that Landor was a better scholar than Cowper, and was thinking more of Bourne's Latinity than of his choice of subjects or mode of treatment. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z So easy, indeed, that after you have read half a volume or so, you begin to think their merits have been exaggerated, and that anybody could write letters as good as Cowper's. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Dr. Donne and his wife were maternal ancestors of the Poet Cowper. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Jones—When did Mr. Cowper go out of town the last assizes? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z What is the name of Cowper’s principal and most ambitious poem? The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Cowper was not, it appears, a very acute Latinist, and his renderings of Vincent Bourne's poems, as we shall see, proved that he cared little for the simple terseness of Bourne's elegiacs. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z After this easy fashion Cowper acquired what never left him—the style and manner of an accomplished worldling. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z I have often wondered," says the gentle-spirited Cowper, "that the same poet who wrote the Dunciad should have written these lines,— That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me! The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Cowper—No, my lord, I sent before the verdict. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z I fear Burns indulged in most of the vices against which Cowper inveighs; and not unoften he glorified them in verse. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z What is remarkable in Cowper's criticism is his preference of Ovid to Propertius. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Had Cowper not gone mad in his thirty-second year, and been frightened out of the world of trifles, we should have had another Prior, a wittier Gay, an earlier Praed, an English La Fontaine. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Thus the six poets, who, in the history of our literature, fill up the period which intervened between the death of Pope and the first publications of Burns and Cowper—all died old bachelors! The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The brother said he would do so 'if he could think on it,' and accordingly Cowper went down to Hertford intending to lodge with Mrs. Stout unless his brother had failed to write to Barefoot. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Perhaps you think this is a parody of Cowper. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z "I lost more than I got by him," says Cowper, "for he made me as idle as himself." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Theodora Cowper wore the willow all the rest of her long life. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Two of Milton's Italian sonnets are very beautiful, and have been translated by Cowper with singular felicity. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Mr. Cowper—Then, my lord, I will take up no more of your time in opening this matter. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z But they have not the authority of Cowper, much less the authority of Wordsworth. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Vincent Bourne may be held to have been in a remote connection the parent of the poetry of common life, for he undoubtedly exerted a strong influence on Cowper. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z He took the money and knew where it came from, but they never wrote to one another, nor does her name ever appear in Cowper's correspondence. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z In this relation, Mr. Chapman illustrates from the literature he studies, taking up in order practically all the important English writers from Cowper to the present day. The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910 Houghton Mifflin Books for Spring and Summer 2011-02-23T03:00:32.690Z Cowper—Pray, describe the manner in which they took her up. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The path of the new romantic school had been thoroughly prepared during the age of Gray, Cowper and Burns, and it won its triumphs with little resistance and no serious convulsions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Cowper counterbalanced his fits of unutterable melancholy by his hours of tranquil serenity over teacups and muffins and warm coal-fires, with the curtains drawn close. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z In 1756 Cowper's father died, and the poet's patrimony proved to be a very small one. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Should we say that Cowper and Wordsworth are poets, and that Rousseau, from whom they got many ideas, is not? The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Cowper—What was the appearance of her face and upper parts at that time? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z The great masters of verse in Britain during this period were the three very disparate figures of William Cowper, William Blake and Robert Burns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It is not necessary to quote from either "Cowper's Grave" or "The Cry of the Children." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Cowper and Mrs. Unwin lived in no fools' paradise, for they visited the poor and knew the manner of their lives. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Emerson also said he heard the Germans considered the author of Tristram Shandy a greater poet than Cowper, and that Goldsmith was a poet more because of the Vicar of Wakefield than the Deserted Village. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Cowper—Was it higher to-day than when the body was found? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper was not a poet of vivid and rapturous visions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Many of the Hymns are by Cowper, and this copy has his autograph on the fly-leaf. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Just before this outbreak, Cowper and Mrs. Unwin had agreed to marry, but after it they felt the subject was not to be approached, and so the poor things spoke of it no more. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The glee club then sang "The Negro's Complaint," which was written by Mr. William Cowper, of England. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Mrs. Stout sent her maid over to invite Cowper to dine at their house. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Burns. the arts that raise the best occasional poetry to the level of greatness Cowper is supreme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Works of William Cowper, Esq. comprising his poems, correspondence, and translations. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Cowper was very angry, and called her 'a rich old vixen.' Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z They were written by the Honorable William Cowper, of England, and directed against British slavery in the West Indies, and the slave trade generally. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Cowper came back to her house about eleven, by the town clock, and did not go out again. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper's lines are in reality a versification of a portion of Lord Mansfield's words. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Another copy, illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and fifty-six fine portraits and scenes illustrative of the Poems; also a singularly interesting letter of four pages from Cowper to Lady Hesketh. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z It is surely pleasant to be reminded of a time when sentimental girls used Cowper as a test of a lover's sensibility. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z So wrote Cowper in his "Conversation," nearly a century ago, when duelling was beginning to go out of fashion, even among men who did not look upon it from a religious point of view. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Did you see Mr. Cowper and these gentlemen together? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper's Homer in blank verse is also intolerably dull. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Another copy, illustrated by the insertion of two hundred and six engravings on steel, copper, and wood, including seventeen portraits of Cowper. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Cowper became a lodger in the family, which consisted of the rector and his wife, a son at Cambridge, and a daughter, also one or two pupils. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Cowper, the moral poet par excellence of the English language, attained this eminence chiefly because he wrote, not like a fanatic, or a canting pietist, but like a Christian gentleman and a man of sense. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Cowper—Who did you employ to speak to Mr. Gape? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z We have nothing quite like these letters in English, though Cowper's letters approach nearest to them. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z With an appendix, containing some of Cowper's religious letters, And other interesting Documents, illustrative of the Memoir. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z The clouds now gathered heavily over the biography of Cowper. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z And first we must set aside the Cowper view of the subject, not in its conclusion, but in its reasoning. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Cowper—Pray, if your husband heard these words, why did not he go to the coroner's inquest? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z One can readily imagine the delight with which a generation, nursed on Cowper and Crabbe, turned to these facile yet not vulgar harmonies. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z State aid was given to sectarian schools as well as Board Schools, and by the since famous Cowper Temple clause it was provided that no distinctive religious formulary should be taught in a Board School. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z There is no more interesting poet than Cowper, and hardly one the area of whose influence was greater. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The finest private collection is at Panshanger, formerly the seat of Lord Cowper, the gallery of Van Dyck’s work being quite the best in the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Cowper—I have done with him: call Young. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z From Cowper and Crabbe to Mr. Swinburne, is a strange distance; and it has not been sufficiently realised that Moore is very largely responsible for the advance. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Cowper has finely said, that the man and the beast who stand together, side by side, on the same hill-top, are, notwithstanding their proximity, the denizens of very different worlds. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Hayley was a kind friend to Cowper, but he possessed, in a highly developed state, that aversion to the actual facts of a case which is unhappily so characteristic of the British biographer. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The poet Cowper, in his delineations of a candidate for the pulpit, prescribes, as one needful condition or qualification, "That he is honest in the sacred cause." Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Hatsell, Baron—Mr. Cowper, I would not have you straiten yourself, but only ask those questions that are pertinent. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z In October she was obliged to appoint Cowper, a Whig, lord chancellor, with all the ecclesiastical patronage belonging to the office. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Jane Austen’s books have something of the quiet atmosphere of Cowper’s Letters. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Cowper was seized with a fit of shyness, and very nearly would not go into the room. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Cowper’s account of the tender-hearted beadle is supplemented by a similar performance in Boston as shown in a Boston paper of August 11, 1789. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Cowper—Pray, give an account of what you know of the matter. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z In 1764 he was ordained as curate of Olney, where he formed the famous friendship with the poet William Cowper that gave to the world so many beautiful hymns. The Story of Our Hymns For when Edward Ferrars failed to read him aloud with spirit, Marianne remarks, “Nay, mamma, if he is not to be animated by Cowper!” Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Day in and day out, Cowper and Lady Austen and Mrs. Unwin were together. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Grandmother said that size was not everything, and then she quoted Cowper’s verse: Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl Cowper—Because what you say may stand confirmed beyond contradiction, I desire you to say whether you have any letters from her to yourself? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Of the 349 hymns in this book, Cowper is credited with sixty-six, while Newton wrote the remainder. The Story of Our Hymns Cowper’s “Fable,” who cannot call to mind? and its moral may close our notice of St. Valentine’s day. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations The following year Cowper went mad again, and made another most desperate attempt upon his life. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Cowper, an old pupil of Bourne’s, Beattie and Lamb have combined in praise of his wonderful power of Latin versification. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Aldridge, George, witness against Cowper, how he left the town, ii. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z In 1773, two years after the two friends had begun “The Olney Hymns,” Cowper passed through a mental crisis that almost ended in tragedy. The Story of Our Hymns The mild and 38 amiable poet had planned to write a life of Cowper, and for the illustration of this and other works he sought Blake’s help and companionship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The introductory Memoir, of some eighty pages in length, is a valuable addition to the many appraisements of Cowper that these later years have seen.... The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Vain were her efforts to get through her repetition of Cowper's lines on his mother's picture. Little Miss Joy Marshall, witness for Cowper, acquaintance with Sarah Stout, ii. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z That God had a purpose in sparing the life of the sorely tried man is made clear when we learn that Cowper lived for twenty-seven years after passing through this crisis. The Story of Our Hymns She played the spinet until her daughter’s piano replaced it, and apparently read Cowper, Hannah More, and Ossian with her children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Great numbers of their adherents, convinced by Cowper's arguments, or unwilling to put a cruel stigma on a man of whose genius and accomplishments the nation was proud, stole away before the doors were closed. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Marlowe never wrote a mighty line in his life: Cowper's single phrase, "Toll for the brave," drowns all his mightinesses as Great Tom drowns a military band. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded On being pressed, she was certain that it was a quarter after eleven by their clock when Cowper left the house; their clock was half an hour faster than the town clock. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Although Cowper’s mother died in his early childhood, he never forgot her. The Story of Our Hymns Hunt would have his fire left quite to itself, without a tea-kettle, “bubbling and loud-hissing,” which “throws up a steamy column,” as Cowper tells it. Stevenson's Perfect Virtues As Exemplified by Leigh Hunt Bishop Porteus of London sympathized with them, Lord Dartmouth was a liberal patron, and Cowper’s poetry spread their doctrines in quarters where sermons might have failed to attract. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" He commenced with Cowper’s magnificent hymn, “God moves in a mysterious way.” The Religious Life of London Cowper—In her depositions there is half an hour's difference; for then she said it was half an hour after ten. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z In a very special sense this truth was exemplified in the life of the poet William Cowper. The Story of Our Hymns Cowper makes the slave in the “Negro’s Complaint” exclaim— “Think ye, masters, iron-hearted, Lolling at your jovial boards, Think how many backs have smarted For the sweets your cane affords.” Here and There in London When the shame of England burns in the heart of Cowper, you must believe him; for through that heart rolled the best of England's blood. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 "If that is what you are looking for, it is no wonder you have failed," said Dr. Cowper. The Colonists Cowper—Here is a whole night she gives no account of. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z When he reached the place, Cowper was diverted from his purpose when he found a man seated at the exact place where he had intended to end his life. The Story of Our Hymns Three are portraits: Captain Holford's "Man with a Sword," Earl Cowper's "Young Man," and the fancifully named "Constable of Bourbon," in the collection of Herr Thieme at Leipzig. Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn In his Life of Cowper that great writer somewhat rashly says, "The age of Pope was the golden age of poets—but it was the pinchbeck age of poetry." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Cowper, William, his "Task" read by Mrs. Howe at school, 58. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Cowper—Did your mistress use to stay out all night? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper also wrote a number of secular poems that achieved great fame. The Story of Our Hymns Let us take our place for a moment in the Age of our poetry, which began with Dryden inclusive, and ended, or began ending, with Cowper exclusive. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Yet Cowper declares Gotham to be a noble and beautiful poem. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 When the union with Scotland came into operation in May 1707 the queen in council named Cowper lord high chancellor of Great Britain, he being the first to hold this office. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Have you not often told people that your mistress was a melancholy person, upon your oath? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z She is what Cowper called the University of Oxford, "a rich old vixen." Seeds of Pine The reader who feels the vigour of description and the force of pathos underlying Cowper's bare and truly Greek simplicity of phrase, may assure himself se valde profecisse in poetry. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Cowper: Alexander Selkirk, 34*; anapests of, 35; blank verse of, 240 f.; English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Taking the lead against his former colleagues, Cowper opposed the proposal brought forward in 1719 to limit the number of peers, and also the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury in 1723. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Jones—Did Mr. Cowper, upon your oath, hear Mistress Stout give you order to make his fire, and warm his bed? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z "Tube" is an affected term for a gun, but the word is adopted by Cowper and Campbell. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "Papa, I love that hymn, and am thankful to Cowper for writing it," she said. Elsie on the Hudson "The blank verse of Cowper's Task is admirably adapted to the theme," says Professor Corson. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History He was grandfather of William Cowper, the poet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Jones—Did Mr. Cowper send for his horse from your house the next day? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper, in his Table Talk, has specially noticed this effect of Pope's writings. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "Variety's the very spice of life," and "Not much the worse for wear," Cowper; "Man proposes, but God disposes," Thomas à Kempis. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Professor Ward speaks, however, of the "lumbering movement" of Cowper's blank verse as being in contrast to "the neatness and ease of his rhymed couplets." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Of more human interest were Cowper’s immediate predecessors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Then you knew I was to lodge there? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z He forgot that rural scenery and life had furnished abundant novelty to Thomson, Cowper, Wordsworth, and Crabbe, whose pictures are as fresh and unhacknied as if Theocritus and Virgil had never lived. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Cowper, too, had come, setting religion to rhythm; and, although "veiling all the lightnings of his song in sorrow," yet circulating the power of his genius, even more extensively than the contagion of his grief. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Compare with the present specimens the metre of Cowper's John Gilpin. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Cowper’s mother, to whom the memorable lines were written beginning “Oh that these lips had language,” was his first wife. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Did she lie straight or double, driven together by the stream? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z In Scotland it was known as Cowper law. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Now it is William Cowper: There lives and works A soul in all things and that soul is God. Modern Substitutes for Christianity Cowper prided himself, not without reason, on the individuality of his blank verse. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Cowper’s stepmother is buried in Bath, and a tablet on the walls of the cathedral commemorates her memory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Hatsell, Baron—Mr. Cowper, now you may ask him anything, they have done with him. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z He was the forerunner of Cowper, and Burns, and Wordsworth—the pioneer in a new and profoundly significant movement. Border Raids and Reivers In Cowper, there might sometimes be carelessness in the verse, but the verse itself was sustained by the vigor of the sentiment. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Passing existing translations in review, he finds Cowper slow, Pope artificial, Chapman fanciful, Newman, through the vice of his theory, ignoble. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 A crisis occurred in Cowper’s life when his cousin Major Cowper nominated him to a clerkship in the House of Lords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—I would ask him, whether he was not employed to view these particular spots he mentions at the Coroner's inquest? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Do not our readers recollect Cowper’s thanksgiving “on finding the heel of a shoe?” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The scenery of Cowper is perpetually animated with sketches of character, enlivened with portraits from real life, and the exhibition of human manners and passions. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Cowper, in his poem Conversation, has the couplet: “The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.” Minor Poems by Milton Mrs Unwin suggested secular verse, and Cowper wrote much, and in 1782 when he was fifty-one years old there appeared Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—I desire to know, whether this gentleman attempted to drown himself, or was in danger of being drowned by accident? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Here the spectacle already presented in Crabbe and Cowper is repeated; but the process is in a further stage, and the fermentation is determining, according to the nature of the fermenting material. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) What reader has Mason corrupted, or what reader has Cowper not benefitted? Coelebs In Search of a Wife Cowper, Iliad II, 41, has,—“Awaking from thy dewy slumbers.” Minor Poems by Milton Cowper’s second volume appeared in 1785;—The Task: A Poem in Six Books. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—The reason of that is, that they should not rise again, not that they will not sink without it. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z You will find them nowhere from Chaucer to Cowper—not even in the poets where you will find greater things as you may please to call them. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Mrs. Jones had not been bred to these things; but by means of Mrs. Cowper's excellent cutting-out book, she soon became mistress of the whole art. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales The word atonement bears two senses: the first, reconciliation, as used by Sir Thomas More, Shakspeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Bishops Hall and Taylor; the second, expiation, as employed by Milton, Swift, and Cowper. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc His first book had been a failure, one critic even declaring that “Mr Cowper was certainly a good, pious man, but without one spark of poetic fire.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Did you see any spot upon her arm? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z From Dryden to Cowper the fault was different from both of these. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Thomson had no precursor—and till Cowper no follower. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) On the accession of King George, he was again appointed Lord Chancellor, and, on resigning the Great Seal, was created Earl Cowper and Viscount Fordwich, March 18, 1717-18. The Tatler, Volume 3 The cousins met after an interval of twenty-three years, and Lady Hesketh was to be Cowper’s good angel to the end, even though her letters disclose a considerable impatience with Mrs Unwin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Pray, how do these stakes stand about the bridge of the mill? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper could—at least in and for his day—boast the major afflatus, and Cowper did not disdain vernacular truth. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) On his death she was supported by the Earl and Countess of Cowper, and lived until 1730. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The poet Cowper said: "I would not enter on my list of friends, Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility, the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm." The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children At the end of 1786 a removal was made to Weston Underwood, the neighbouring village which Cowper had frequently visited as the guest of his Roman Catholic friends the Throckmortons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Are not the stakes nailed with their head against the bridge? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Of the quartette, William Cowper was by far the oldest; the other three being contemporaries within a few years. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Cowper, in his poem on that subject, is far from doing justice to our great public schools. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 William Cowper was his schoolfellow, and left many kindly references to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Cowper discouraged the poetry, but loved the writer, and the two became great friends. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—What was the reason they did not take her up at once? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z His best things are imitations of Cowper in his sacred mood, such as the familiar "Star of Bethlehem," and even these are generally spoilt by some feebleness or false note. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) In 1752 the poet Cowper, on leaving a solicitor's office, had chambers in the Middle Temple, and in that solitude the horror of his future malady began to darken over him. Old and New London Volume I "O Lord," he cried in a tone of heartfelt satisfaction, "I remember now what the poet Cowper says;" and, repeating it at length, he finished his remarks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. A new and valued friend of this period was Hayley, famous in his own day as a poet and in history for his association with Romney and Cowper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Young—On Tuesday morning between five and six o'clock, last assizes—— Cowper—What officer did you say? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z His own unworldly disposition, together with the excessively retired life which he had led since early manhood, rather damaged the chances of Cowper as a satirist. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) His words were, 'My dear Mr. Cowper, you terrify me! Old and New London Volume I Cowper has drawn a capital picture of the ease and perfection with which the clownish chrysalis may be metamorphosed into the scarlet moth of war. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 He was drawn to Cowper by the fact that both were contemplating an edition of “Milton,” Cowper having received a commission to edit, writing notes and translating the Latin and Italian poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—Was any part of the body above water? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z It has been said that Cowper did not take to writing till late in life. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Johnson encouraged Fuseli to paint a Milton Gallery, for an edition of the poet to be edited by Cowper. Old and New London Volume I Compare the landscapes of Cowper with those of Burns. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century In 1794 Cowper was again insane and his lifework was over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Mr. Cowper, will you give your opinion of this matter? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z He never could have been vulgar; there is not in the whole range of English literature quite such a gentleman in his own way as Cowper. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) A set of prints, after his designs, for Shakspeare and Cowper, exhibit a chaos of mingled genius and absurdity, such as, perhaps, was never before seen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. It is from Cowper’s Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk: Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Added to this, one may note Cowper’s distinction as a letter-writer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—With your lordship's favour, I now think it a proper time to make this observation. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper would have been a great poet of the second class at any time, and in some times might have attained the first. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Soon after the above talk had ceased, Mr. Burr took up a copy of Cowper’s poems which lay on the table. Talkers With Illustrations Cowper and Walter Scott, on the other hand, are slovenly in their versification. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The father, who appears to have been a conscientious clergyman with no special interest in his sons, died in 1756 and was buried in the Cowper tomb at Panshanger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—My lord, this is my brother's wife. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper, even more than most writers, deserves and requites consideration under the double aspect of matter and form. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Who but a Cowper could have written that admirable extract just given to us by Mr. Burr, and which was read with such elegance?” Talkers With Illustrations Allowing for human infirmity and the varieties of opinion, Milton, Spenser, Cowper, Wordsworth, and Southey, may be considered, as far as their writings go, to approximate to this moral centre. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Her father, possibly influenced by Cowper’s melancholy tendencies, perhaps possessed by prejudices against the marriage of cousins, interposed, and the lovers were separated—as it turned out for ever. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—What part of her dress did you find fault with? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Except in "The Castaway," and a few—not many—of the hymns, Cowper is the very reverse of a gloomy poet. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) “It seems to me,” said Miss Young, “that Cowper must have had Round before him when he wrote those lines.” Talkers With Illustrations His system of a Nature-cure, first professed by Dr. Jean Jacques and continued by Cowper, certainly breaks down as a whole. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Here Cowper was to reside for nineteen years, and he was to render the town and its neighbourhood memorable by his presence and by his poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—As to this piece of evidence, if your lordship pleases, I desire it may be particularly taken notice of; it was her head-dress that she said would serve her time. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z See Wordsworth, Shelley, Cowper, Burns, Withdraw in scorn, and sit retired; The last of some six hundred earls Is not a place to be desired. Home Life of Great Authors Truth needs no extraneous aids to commend it; or, as Cowper says,— “No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile, From ostentation as from weakness free, Majestic in its own simplicity.” Talkers With Illustrations Cowper’s “Task,” IV, 99. descriptions of hunting and other athletic games. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature His residence in the Market Place was converted into a Cowper Museum a hundred years after his death, in 1900. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He was the grandfather of William Cowper the poet. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z It may have been noticed in reference to the principal group of letter-writers in the eighteenth that, with the exception of Cowper, they were all acquainted with each other. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Cowper, in his day, it would seem, met with such a talker as I have been describing. Talkers With Illustrations Read any other blank verse but Milton’s,—Thomson’s, Young’s, Cowper’s, Wordsworth’s,—and it will be found, from the want of the same insight into “the hidden soul of harmony,” to be mere lumbering prose. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature It can scarcely be doubted that this second attack interrupted the contemplated marriage of Cowper with Mary Unwin, although Southey could find no evidence of the circumstance and Newton was not informed of it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Jones appeared for the prosecution; Cowper defended himself, and practically the other prisoners as well. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z And few things are more useful for exercise in this way than the under-current of artistry in Cowper's "chit-chat." A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing We find Sterne thus describing himself to Garrick; while, by way of slight variety, Cowper, writing to Joseph Hill, ends with a ‘Yours, dear Joe.’ By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects Southey wrote the “History of Brazil,” the “History of the Peninsular War,” the “Book of the Church,” and lives of Wesley, Cowper, and Nelson. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The fact was kept secret in later years in order to spare the feelings of Theodora Cowper, who thought that her cousin had remained as faithful as she had done to their early love. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—When you returned to the Coroner's inquest, what did you certify as your opinion? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Now though width of interest is not, as Cowper's case shows, indispensable to goodness of letter-writing, it is a very great qualification for it, as giving to the result variety, colour, and "bite." A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing He had previously spoken to Mr. Cowper, minister of Perth, in a general way, about the failure of plots for lack of deep secrecy, and through the admission of too many confederates. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery Lord Cowper was still speaking when something appeared at his elbow in the likeness of the candidate's wife. Memoirs of Life and Literature In 1779 he made his first appearance as an author by the Olney Hymns, written in conjunction with Newton, Cowper’s verses being indicated by a “C.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Dimsdale—No. Cowper—Did you not tell him that you were a graduate physician, and was angry he would not join you? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z For among the characteristics of Cowper's letters at their frequent and pretty voluminous best, are some that seem not merely inconsistent with insanity, but likely to be positive antidotes to and preservatives from it. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Cowper, writing to his pedestrian friend Rose, playfully imagines that when he should attain to the dignity of the ermine, he would institute the practice of ‘walking’ p. 67the circuit. Old Roads and New Roads Now, Billy Cowper," she said, "we've listened to you long enough. Memoirs of Life and Literature On the death of Queen Anne, George I. appointed Cowper one of the lords justices for governing the country during the king’s absence, and a few weeks later he again became lord chancellor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—I would have asked the same question of the Dimsdales, if I had remembered it; they are of another party, as this gentleman is. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z But letter-writing might without great impropriety be so classed: and there cannot be the slightest doubt that Nature intended Cowper for a letter-writer. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing But this bad earth of ours "is filled," according to Cowper, "with wrong and outrage;" and the barrack laughed and took part with the defaulter. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Among these were two relatives of Mr. Froude's second wife—namely, Henry Cowper, one of the most charming conversationalists of his time, Lady Florence Herbert, and, through her, her well-known husband, Auberon. Memoirs of Life and Literature Although Cowper cannot rank among the world’s greatest poets or even among the most distinguished of poets of his own country, his place is a very high one. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cowper—When I sent you to fetch my horse, what directions did I give you? State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Cowper had more than one of the makings of a critic, and a very important critic. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing It contains a monument to William Cowper, who came to live here in 1796, and the Congregational chapel stands on the site of the house where the poet spent his last days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Some of her shorter poems had caught the popular ear; notably, her “Cowper’s Grave,” which remains, to-day, one of her most appealing and exquisite lyrics. The Brownings Their Life and Art Another brief biography of great merit is attached to the Globe edition of Cowper’s Works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Says she, Mr. Cowper, I did not think you had been so dull. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z It was necessary to say a good deal about Cowper's letters in the Introduction, but it would hardly do to stint him of some further comment. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Now as regards the sound of Cowper, the same class of authorities, old deeds, court rolls, and parish registers, appears to lead to a different conclusion from that of your other correspondents. Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc |
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