The world could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me, as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits somewhat akin to what I should have... The life and letters of William Cowper - Page 228by William Cowper - 1809Full view - About this book
| 1860 - 784 pages
...acceptable to me as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and sufferer by a worse illnes hei • self to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last object that 1 see at night,... | |
| 1861 - 838 pages
...spirits somewhat akin to that I should have felt had the original presented herself to my cmbraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is ; the last object...the first on which I open my eyes in the morning." The heart of Cowper was no rock to need a rod to smite it, and liberate the imprisoned waters ; no,... | |
| William Cowper - 1863 - 540 pages
...to me as the , Eicture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before ' ist, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...felt had the dear original presented herself to my em- ' braces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last object that I see at night, ; and, of course,... | |
| 1867 - 874 pages
...acceptable to me as the picture you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year, yet I remember her well, and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity... | |
| 1869 - 634 pages
...acceptable to me as the picture which you have kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year ; yet I remember her well, and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity... | |
| William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...his cousin, Mrs Bodham, who had sent him the portrait — "I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...the first on which I open my eyes in the morning." His feelings, indeed, were all of the intense kind. " I never received a little pleasure O from anything... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...acceptable to me, as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year; yet I remember her well, and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity... | |
| William Cowper - 1874 - 304 pages
...Mrs. Bodham, — ' The world could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me. ... I viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...where it is the last, object that I see at night, and the first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year ; yet I remember... | |
| William Cowper - 1874 - 320 pages
...Mrs. Bodham, — ' The world could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me. ... I viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...where it is the last object that I see at night, and the first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year ; yet I remember... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1874 - 518 pages
...acceptable to me us the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night 'before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits...akin to what I should have felt had the dear original pre I . s I I i w H 2 X sented herself to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last... | |
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