The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper, William Hayley

J. Johnson and Company, 1812

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Table of Contents

Letter	1

To Lady Hesketh TORYISM of Lady Hesketh	7

Desultory Remarks on the Letters of eminent persons par	13

To Lady Hesketh On solitude on the desertion	15

Letter Page	19

Nov 20	20

To W Hayley Esq Distribution of his time	21

To Mrs Courtenay Manner of spending his time	25

To the Rev W Unwin The same subject of sup	209

On seeing a Sketch of Cowper by Lawrence	212

To the same Johnsons Biography his treatment	215

July 19	216

Dec 2	217

To the Rev Walter Bagot Revisal of his Homer	219

ToJ Johnson Esq Remarks on Longinus March 23	221

To the Rev W Unwin On keeping the Sabbath	224

To J Hill Esq Politics of the day Dec 16	26

Letter Page	27

To W Hayley Esq On the proposal of a joint com	29

To the same	35

To the Rev W Unwin Translation of the Latin	58

LIFE OF COWPER PART THE FIRST	65

To W Hayley Esq Criticism on the address	67

His recovery	69

Her epitaph by her niece	71

To the same On simplicity in preaching May 5	75

To Lady Hesketh On his lines and acknowledg	77

His removal from Westminster to an attorneys office	78

To the same On his neighbours Dec 4	80

217	83

To S Rose Esq Notes to his Homer August 22	84

His translations in Duncombs Horace	86

To S Rose Esq On his Homer talents given	87

To Joseph Hill Esq Lady Heskeths visit and	91

His appointment to be Clerk of the Journals in that House	92

To the Rev W Bagot On Bishop Bagot and	93

Letter Page	95

Letter Page	96

To the Rev W Unwin Duty of submitting to	98

To the same On his own anxiety Jan 30	99

The origin of Cowpers acquaintance with the Unwins	101

To the Rev J Newton On his recovery from	102

To the same On the same subject April 1 28	104

To Lady Hesketh On his own melancholy Han	106

To Lady Hesketh On his illness and subsequent	107

To the Rev W Unwin Philosophers happy air	108

To the same A fox chace March 3	112

To the same Thanking him for books Jonathan	114

reflec	115

To the same On the American Loyalists Oct	116

220	118

Commencement of the poem	121

Aug 17	122

To W Hayley Esq On the projected visit to Eartham	123

mily their characters	128

To the Rev W Unwin Reflections on the unkind	131

The sufferings of the invalide	133

Huntingdon	137

To Lady Hesketh On the same subject June 10	139

The grant of a pension from his Majesty to Cowper	140

To the Rev W Bagot Republicans of France	141

To the Rev J Newton Title and motto for a work	142

To the Rev W Bagot On the death of those	147

To the same	148

To the same	151

To the same On the recollection of earthly affairs	152

Infinite merit of Dr Johnson in his care to mitigate	159

To the same His manner of living reasons for	160

To the Rev W Unwin On the inhabitants of	163

To the same Introduction of Mr Unwins son	166

Jan 19	168

Receives a visit from Mr Rose in March	171

To Joseph Hill Esq Reflections arising from	172

To the same On the book entitled The Manners	175

June 5	177

To Mrs Cowper His new situation reasons for mix	181

Remarks continued to page 251	183

To the same	184

April 25	187

To the Rev J Newton Sickness and death of	189

Letter to Mrs Charlotte Smith on her poem of the Emi	191

To S Rose Esq On his health remarks on a pas	193

To the Rev W Unwin On facepainting May 3	194

May 8	195

401	197

Extract from a Letter to Mr Bull	198

To the same Dr Matys opinion of the Task	199

To Joseph Hill Esq Expression of his gratitude	201

May 22	202

To the Rev Mr Greatheed Description of Eartham	203

To the Rev W Unwin Vincent Bourne Humes	208

Sept 11	226

To the same On pictures of both his parents	228

To the same Serious reflections on rural scenery	230

To the same	232

To the Rev W Unwin Punctuation of blank verse	233

Extracts from letters to Mr Johnson	236

To Lady Hesketh On Homer and his song of	238

To Mrs Cowper On her brothers death May 10	239

October 10	240

Memorandums in a copy of Clarkes Homer 243	243

To the same	244

To the Rev W Unwin Danger of endeavouring	245

To the Rev J Newton Sandwich Islanders	248

Sept 9	249

June 22	251

To W Hayley Esq On Flaxmans monument	252

POSTSCRIPT Death of Lady Austen	253

To J Hill Esq On the death of his mother	254

To J Johnson Esq Visit from the Dowager Lady	255

To the Rev W Unwin To touch and retouch	257

Original Poems	259

To the Rev W Unwin	260

July 11	261

To General Cowper On his poem upon the slave	264

To the Rev W Unwin Inscription of Tirocinium	266

To S Rose Esq His present of Popes Homer	267

To the Rev J Newton A riddle July 30	269

To the Rev Mr Johnson Mr Johnsons present	270

Translations of Greek Verses	272

To Mrs Cowper Lady Cowpers death age a friend	277

Letter Page	278

By Heraclides	279

To Joseph Hill Esq Preface to the translation	280

Reflections on the impatience of	281

To the same	284

To Mrs Throckmorton Little success of applica	285

part of his translation of Homer	287

To the same	288

gate	291

d	296

Translations from Horace and Virgil	297

To J Hill Esq On metrical lawcases old	298

To Lady Hesketh On his kinsmans poem expec	302

To the same Publication of his first volume May 1	306

The origin of his translations from Milton	309

To S Rose Esq On early marriages a riddle	320

The Thracian	321

Letter Page	322

To the same Cautions against an heedless inatten	326

Jan 23	328

To the same Upon a poem of Lord Bagots	329

An Enigma	331

To the Rev W Unwin Brighton amusements	332

To the same On her promised visit to Olney Feb 9	335

Invitation to the Redbreast	337

To the Rev W Unwin Brighton dissipation educa	339

To the same On their expected meeting at Olney	341

To the Rev W Bagot On the critical talents	342

1782	346

To J Hill Esq Same subject	351

Denners Old Woman	352

To the Rev J Newton His intended publication	355

To the same Her letters his comfort April 24	358

Character of Caraccioli	361

March 23	362

To the same Moral reflection on sitting for a pic	364

Dr Johnson	365

To Lord Thurlow With his first volume of poems	367

To the same Pain and pleasure on the sight of	368

Verses to the Memory of Dr Lloyd	373

To the Rev W Unwin On the newspapers Mar 7	375

April 16	376

nerves	377

Example of Cowpers ingenuousness in speaking of him	381

Mr Hayleys visit to Weston	383

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Common terms and phrases

acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction Alban's amiable appears Atossa believe benevolent biographer Bishop of Galloway blessing brother celebrated censure character Christian composition correspondence Cowper dear Cousin death delight Demetrius Phalereus diffidence display divine early elegance eloquence eminent English epistles epistolary epistolary language esteem excellence expression faith father friendship genius give glory grace happy heart Hertfordshire honor Huntingdon interest JOSEPH HILL justly LADY HESKETH Lady Mary lary language Libanius literary lively Lord Lord Hervey Lord Peterborough mercy merit mind mother nature never Newton Olney peculiar perhaps person Phalaris piety pleased pleasure Pliny poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise racter reader received religious remarkable Sappho Scripture seems sentiments singular spirit talents tender ters thank thee thing thou thought tion truth Unwin verse virtues W. C. LETTER William William Cowper wish word write written young

Bibliographic information

Title	The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Volume 1 The life and letters of William Cowper, William Hayley
Authors	William Cowper, William Hayley
Editor	William Hayley
Publisher	J. Johnson and Company, 1812
Original from	University of Bern
Digitized	Dec 13, 2021

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