 ... (in which respect however I do not think it altogether indefensible,) it may yet boast that the reflections are naturally suggested always by the preceding passage, and that, except the fifth book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole...  The Life of William Cowper, Esq - Page 56by Robert Southey - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency. To ^ * r * discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue." Again, he says, in another letter, " My principal purpose is to allure the reader by character, by... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 328 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency ; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...book, which ia rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural ease and leisure, as friendly to the cauee of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1835 - 456 pages
...which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency, — to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it, an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency ; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency ; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 390 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency ; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...book, which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency; to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...leisure, as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue. If it pleases you I shall be happy, and collect from your pleasure in it an omen of its general acceptance.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 pages
...which is rather of a political aspect, the whole has one tendency, — to discountenance the modern enthusiasm after a London life, and to recommend rural...and leisure as friendly to the cause of piety and virtue74." If the world had not liked his poem, the world must have been worse than it is. But Cowper... | |
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