 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
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 352 pages
...to 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 - 1875 - 340 pages
...to 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 - 1875 - 342 pages
...herself to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it 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 her well, and can bear ocular witness of the fidelity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1877 - 462 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 Swinton - 1880 - 694 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...where it is the last object that I see at night, and, ot course, the first on which I open my eyes in the morning. She died when I completed my sixth year... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1880 - 156 pages
...as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and received it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits somewhat akin to what I should have felt had its dear original presented herself to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last object... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1880 - 156 pages
...as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and received it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits somewhat akin to what I should have felt had its dear original presented herself to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last object... | |
 | 1880 - 566 pages
...as the picture which you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and received it with a trepidation of nerves and spirits somewhat akin to what I should have felt had its dear original presented herself to my embraces. I kissed it, and hung it where it is the last object... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1880 - 158 pages
...herself to my embraces. I kissed it and hung it where it is the last object which 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 her well, and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 560 pages
...his cousin, Mrs Rodham, 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 from anything... | |
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