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To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 16, 1785. On the death of Miss Cunningham; expected removal of the Rev. Mr. Scott from Olney; Mr. Jones, steward of Lord Peterborough, burned in effigy
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To the Rev. William Unwin, Oct. 22, 1785. Progress of his translation of Homer; course of reading recommended for Mr. Unwin's son
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To the Rev. John Newton, Nov. 5, 1785. On his tardiness in writing; remarks on Mr. N.'s narrative of his life; strictures on Mr. Heron's critical opinions of Virgil and the Bible; lines addressed by Cowper to Heron
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Remarks on Heron's "Letters on Literature"
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To Joseph Hill, Esq., Nov. 7, 1785. On the interruptions experienced by men of business from the idle
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To Lady Hesketh, Nov. 9, 1785. Reference to his poems; he signifies his acceptance of her offer of pecuniary aid; his translation of Homer; description of his person
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To the same, without date. His feelings towards her allusion to his translation of Homer
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Nov. 9, 1785. On Bishop Bagot's Charge
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To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 3, 1785. Causes which led him to undertake the translation of Homer; visit from Mr. Bagot; renewal of his correspondence with Lady Hesketh; complains of indigestion
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To the same, Dec. 10, 1785. On the favourable reports of his last volume of poems; censure of Pope's Homer
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To the Rev. William Unwin, Dec. 24, 1785. On his translation of Homer
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To Joseph Hill, Esq., Dec. 24, 1785. On his translation of Homer
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To the Rev. William Unwin, Dec. 31, 1785. On his negotiation with Johnson respecting the Translation of Homer; want of bedding among the poor of Olney
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 10, 1786. His consciousness of defects in his poems; on his Translation of Homer
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To the Rev. William Unwin, Jan. 14, 1786. On Mr. Unwin's introduction to Lady Hesketh; specimen of Cowper's translation of Homer, sent to General Cowper; James's powder; what is a friend good for? unreasonable censures
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To the Rev. John Newton, Jan. 14, 1786. On his translation of Homer
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 15, 1786. Explanation of the delay in the publication of his proposals; allusion to Bishop Bagot
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To the same, Jan. 23, 1786. Dr. Maty's intended review of "The Task;" Dr. Cyril Jackson's opinion of Pope's Homer
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 31, 1786. Acknowledgment of presents from Anonymous; state of his health; progress of his translation of Homer; correspondence with General Cowper
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To the same, Feb. 9, 1786. Anticipations of a visit from her; description of the vestibule of his residence
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To the same, Feb. 11, 1786. He announces that he has sent off to her a portion of his translation of Homer; effect of criticisms on his health; promise of Thurlow to Cowper
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To the Rev. John Newton, Feb. 18, 1786. On their correspondence; his translation of Homer; proposed mottoes
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To Lady Hesketh, Feb. 19, 1786. Preparations for her expected visit; character of Homer; criticism on Cowper's specimen
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To the Walter Bagot, Feb. 27, 1786. Condolence on the death of his wife
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To Lady Hesketh, March 6, 1786. On elisions in his Homer; progress of the work
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To the Rev. W. Unwin, March 13, 1786. Character of the critic to whom he had submitted his Homer
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To the Rev. John Newton, April 1, 1786. Expected visitors
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To Joseph Hill, Esq., April 5, 1786. Reasons for declining to make any apology for his translation of Homer
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Motives which induced Cowper to undertake a new version
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To Lady Hesketh, April 17, 1786. Description of the vicarage at Olney, where lodgings had been taken for her; Mrs. Unwin's sentiments towards her; letter from Anonymous; his early acquaintance with Lord Thurlow
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To Lady Hesketh, April 24, 1786. On her letters; anticipations of her coming; General Cowper
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To the same, May 8, 1786. On Dr. Maty's censure of Cowper's translation of Homer; Colman's opinion of it; Cowper's stanzas on Lord Thurlow; invitation to Olney; specimen of Maty's animadversions; recommendation of a house at Weston; blunder of Mr. Throckmorton's bailiff; recovery of General Cowper
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To the same, May 15, 1786. Anticipations of her arrival at Olney; proposed arrangements for the occasion; presumed motive of Maty's censures; confession of ambition
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, May 20, 1786. His translation of Homer; reasons for not adopting Horace's maxim about publishing, to the letter
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Secret sorrows of Cowper
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