Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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William Cowper. ARGUMENT of the FIRST BOOK . Hiftorical deduction of feats , from the ftool to the Sofa.- A School - boy's ... book concludes with a reflec- tion on the fatal effects of diffipation and effeminacy upon our public measures ...
William Cowper. ARGUMENT of the FIRST BOOK . Hiftorical deduction of feats , from the ftool to the Sofa.- A School - boy's ... book concludes with a reflec- tion on the fatal effects of diffipation and effeminacy upon our public measures ...
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William Cowper. CONTENTS OF VOL . II . THE TASK , in Six Books . Book I. The Sofa II . The Time - Piece III . The Garden Page I 43 89 135 IV . The Winter Evening V. The Winter Morning Walk 179 VI . The Winter Walk at Noon 229 An Epistle ...
William Cowper. CONTENTS OF VOL . II . THE TASK , in Six Books . Book I. The Sofa II . The Time - Piece III . The Garden Page I 43 89 135 IV . The Winter Evening V. The Winter Morning Walk 179 VI . The Winter Walk at Noon 229 An Epistle ...
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William Cowper. T THE A S K. BOOK THE I. S OF A. I SING the SOFA . I who lately fang Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touch'd with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Efcap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now ...
William Cowper. T THE A S K. BOOK THE I. S OF A. I SING the SOFA . I who lately fang Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touch'd with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Efcap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now ...
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... is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the simple plan , made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form vermicular , And o'er the Gave 2 Book i . THE TAS K.
... is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the simple plan , made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form vermicular , And o'er the Gave 2 Book i . THE TAS K.
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