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... never have been . It seldom occurred to Cowper to light his own fires . All honour to those two women who ( so fortuitously and oddly allied in this good work ) kindled the blaze ! Yet gratitude should not blind us to the fact that they ...
... never have been . It seldom occurred to Cowper to light his own fires . All honour to those two women who ( so fortuitously and oddly allied in this good work ) kindled the blaze ! Yet gratitude should not blind us to the fact that they ...
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... never , never failed him . He never , I believe , in a single instance sacrificed beauty to embellishment . He does not deal in hyperbole . . . accordingly , when he describes nature , whether in man or in animal , or whether nature ...
... never , never failed him . He never , I believe , in a single instance sacrificed beauty to embellishment . He does not deal in hyperbole . . . accordingly , when he describes nature , whether in man or in animal , or whether nature ...
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Gilbert Thomas. accident , and never fully regained her former strength . Cowper's growing anxiety for her health is ... never more clearly apprehended than when their continuance is threatened . While Cowper had never been blind to the ...
Gilbert Thomas. accident , and never fully regained her former strength . Cowper's growing anxiety for her health is ... never more clearly apprehended than when their continuance is threatened . While Cowper had never been blind to the ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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