 I have lately finished eight volumes of Johnson's Prefaces, or Lives of the Poets. In all that number I observe but one man— a poet of no great fame— of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest...  The Life of William Cowper - Página 32por Robert Southey - 1843Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 436 páginas
...poet of no great fame — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...but it is the best." Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the rest there is but one inference to be drawn : that poets... | |
 | 1842 - 982 páginas
...poet of no great fame — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...was hardly in his senses. His name was Collins."* Now, admitting this statement to be overcharged, (Milton and Watts, for instance, must surely have... | |
 | 1826 - 870 páginas
...poet of no great fame — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...death, he was found at his lodgings in Islington by bis biographer, with the New Testament in his hand- He said to Johnson, " I have but one book, but... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 páginas
...a poet of no great fame, of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...but it is the best.' Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the rest there is but one inference to be drawn : that poets... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 páginas
...great fame, of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have'had the slightest tincture of religion ; and he was hardly...young. Not long before his death, he was found at his lodgtiigs in Islington by his biographer, with the New Testament in his hand. He said to Johnson, '... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 páginas
...poet of no great fame — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...but it is the best." Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the rest there is but one inference to be drawn- that poets are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 páginas
...poet of no great fame — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there, whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...but it is the best." Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the rest there is but one inference to be drawn- -that poets... | |
 | 1835 - 616 páginas
...is my favourite occupation, and what I compose in that way 1 reserve for my own use hereafter. in:-. He sunk into a state of melancholy, and died young....but it is the best.' Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the reat there is but one inference to be drawn— that poets... | |
 | 1835 - 596 páginas
...till I found him then1, whose mind seems to have had the slightest (inclure of religion ; and he WHS hardly in his senses. His name was Collins. He sunk...he was found at his lodgings in Islington, by his hiographer, with the New Testament in his hand- He said to Johnson, ' I have but one book, but it is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 páginas
...poet of no great fame, — of whom I did not know that he existed till I found him there,) whose mind seems to have had the slightest tincture of religion...but it is the best.' Of him, therefore, there are some hopes. But from the lives of all the rest there is but one inference to be drawn : — that poets... | |
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