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Cowper declines giving a new title to his new volume of Poems; remarks on a person lately deceased 190 General remarks on the particulars of Cowper's personal history 190 Remarks on the completion of the second volume of Cowper's Poems 190 Gibbon's record of his feelings on the conclusion of his History 191 Moral drawn from the evanescence of life 191 To the Rev. John Newton, Jan. 5, 1785. On the renouncement of the Christian character; epitaph on Dr. Johnson 191 To the Rev. William Unwin, Jan. 15, 1785. On delay in letter-writing; sentiments of Rev. Mr. Newton; Cowper's contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine; Lunardi's narrative 192 Explanations respecting Cowper's poem, entitled "The Poplar Field" 192 To Joseph Hill, Esq., Jan. 22, 1785. Breaking up of the Frost; anticipations of proceedings in Parliament 193 To the Rev. William Unwin, Feb. 7, 1785. Progress of Cowper's second volume of Poems; his pieces in the Gentleman's Magazine; sentiments of a neighbouring nobleman and gentleman respecting Cowper 193 To the Rev. John Newton, Feb. 19, 1785. An ingenious bookbinder; poverty at Olney; severity of the late winter 194 To Joseph Hill, Esq., Feb. 27, 1785. Inquiry concerning his health, and account of his own 195 To the Rev. John Newton, March 19, 1785. Uses and description of an old card table; want of exercise during the winter; petition against concessions to Ireland 195 To the Rev. William Unwin, March 20, 1785. Remarks on a Nobleman's eye; progress of his new volume; political reflections; celebrity of "John Gilpin" 196 To the Rev. John Newton, April 9, 1785. On the prediction of a destructive earthquake, by a German ecclesiastic 197 To the Rev. John Newton, April 22, 1785. On the popularity of "John Gilpin" 197 To the Rev. William Unwin, April 30, 1785. On the celebrity of "John Gilpin;" progress of Cowper's new volume; Mr. Newton's sentiments in regard to him; mention of some old acquaintances; discovery of a bird's nest in a gate-post 198 To the Rev. John Newton, May, 1785. Sudden death of Mr. Ashburner; remarks on the state of Cowper's mind; reference to his first acquaintance with Newton 199 To the Rev. John Newton, June 4, 1785. Character of the Rev. Mr. Greatheed; completion of Cowper's new volume; Bacon's monument to Lord Chatham 200 To Joseph Hill, Esq., June 25, 1785. Cowper's summer-house; dilatoriness of his bookseller 200 To the Rev. John Newton, June 25, 1785. Allusion to the mental depression under which Cowper laboured; Nathan's last moments; complaint of Johnson's delay; effects of drought; tax on gloves 201 To the Rev. John Newton, July 9, 1785. Mention of letters in praise of his Poems; conduct of the Lord Chancellor and G. Colman; reference to the commemoration of Handel; cutting down of the spinney 202 To the Rev. William Unwin, July 27, 1785. Violent thunder-storm; courage of a dog; on the love of Christ 203 To the Rev. John Newton, Aug. 6, 1785. Feelings on the subject of authorship; reasons for introducing John Gilpin in his new volume 204 To the Rev. John Newton, Aug. 17, 1785. Reasons for not writing to Mr. Bacon; Dr. Johnson's Diary; illness of Mr. Perry 205 Character of Dr. Johnson's Diary 206 Extracts from it 207 Arguments for the necessity of conversion 207 Johnson's neglect of the Sabbath 207 Testimony of Sir William Jones respecting the Holy Scriptures 208 To the Rev. William Unwin, Aug. 27, 1785. Thanks for presents; his second volume of Poems; remarks on Dr. Johnson's Journal; claims of who and that 208 To the Rev. John Newton, Sept. 24, 1785. Recollections of Southampton; recovery of Mr. Perry; proposed Sunday School 209 Origin of Sunday Schools 210 Their utility 210 Sentiments of the late Rev. Andrew Fuller on the Bible Society and on Sunday Schools 210 To Joseph Hill, Esq., Oct. 11, 1785. Cowper excuses himself for not visiting Wargrave; on his printed epistle to Mr. Hill 210 Renewal of Cowper's intimacy with his cousin, Lady Hesketh 211 To Lady Hesketh, Oct. 12, 1785. Recollections revived by her letter; account of his own situation; allusion

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