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death of Mr. Unwin
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To the same, Dec. 9, 1786. On a singular circumstance relating to an intended pupil of Mr. Unwin's
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To Joseph Hill, Esq., Dec. 9, 1786. Death of Mr. Unwin; Cowper's new situation at Weston
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256
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To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 16, 1786. Death of Mr. Unwin; forlorn state of his old dwelling
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To Lady Hesketh, Dec. 21, 1786. Cowper's opinion of praise; Mr. Throckmorton's chaplain
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 3, 1787. Reason why a translator of Homer should not be calm; praises of his works; death of Mr. Unwin
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Cowper has a severe attack of nervous fever
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 8, 1787. State of his health; proposal of General Cowper respecting his Homer; letter from Mr. Smith, M.P. for Nottingham; Cowper's song of "The Rose" reclaimed by him
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To the Rev. John Newton, Jan. 13, 1787. Inscription for Mr. Unwin's tomb; government of Providence in his poetical labours
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 18, 1787. Suspension of his translation by fever; his sentiments respecting dreams; visit of Mr. Rose
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To Samuel Rose, Esq., July 24, 1787. On Burns' poems
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Remarks on Burns and his poetry
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Passages from his poems
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To Samuel Rose, Esq., Aug. 27, 1787. Invitation to Weston; state of Cowper's health; remarks on Barclay's "Argenis," and on Burns
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To Lady Hesketh, August 30, 1787. Improvement in his health; kindness of the Throckmortons
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To the same, Sept. 4, 1787. Delay of her coming; Mrs. Throckmorton's uncle; books read by Cowper
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To the same, Sept. 15, 1787. His meeting with her friend, Miss J——; new gravel-walk
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To the same, Sept. 29, 1787. Remarks on the relative situation of Russia and Turkey
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To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 2, 1787. Cowper confesses that for thirteen years he doubted Mr. N.'s identity; acknowledgments for the kind offers of the Newtons; preparations for Lady Hesketh's coming
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To Samuel Rose, Esq., Oct. 19, 1787. State of his health; strength of local attachments
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To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 20, 1787. His miserable state during his recent indisposition; petition to Lord Dartmouth in behalf of the Rev. Mr. Postlethwaite
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To Lady Hesketh, Nov. 10, 1787. On the delay of her coming; Cowper's kitten; changes of weather foretold by a leech
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To Joseph Hill, Esq., Nov. 16, 1787. On his own present occupation
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To Lady Hesketh, Nov. 27, 1787. Walks and scenes about Weston; application from a parish clerk for a copy of verses; papers in "The Lounger;" anecdote of a beggar and vermicelli soup
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To Lady Hesketh, Dec. 4, 1787. Character of the Throckmortons
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Dec. 6, 1787. Visit to Mr. B.'s sister at Chichely; Bishop Bagot; a case of ridiculous distress
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To Lady Hesketh, Dec. 10, 1787. Progress of his Homer; changes in life
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To Samuel Rose, Esq., Dec. 13, 1787. Requisites in a translator of Homer
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 1, 1788. Extraordinary coincidence between a piece of his own and one of Mr. Merry's; "The Poet's New Year's Gift;" compulsory inoculation for small-pox
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To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 5, 1788. Translation of the commencing lines of the Iliad, by Lord Bagot; revisal of Cowper's translation; the clerk's verses
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 19, 1788. His engagement with Homer prevents the production of occasional poems; remarks on a new print of Bunbury's
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To the Rev. John Newton, Jan. 21, 1788. Reasons for not writing to him; expected arrival of the Rev. Mr. Bean; changes of neighbouring ministers; narrow escape of Mrs. Unwin from being burned
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To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 30, 1788. His anxiety on account of her silence
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To the same, Feb. 1, 1788. Excuse for his melancholy; his Homer; visit from Mr. Greatheed
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Causes of Cowper's correspondence with Mrs. King
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To Mrs. King, Feb. 12, 1788. Reference to his deceased brother; he ascribes the effect produced by his poems to God
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To Samuel Rose, Esq., Feb. 14, 1788. A sense of the value of time the best security for its improvement; Mr. C——; brevity of human life illustrated by Homer
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Commencement of the efforts for the abolition of the slave trade
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To Lady Hesketh, Feb. 16, 1788. On negro slavery; Hannah More's poem on the Slave Trade; extract from it; advocates of the abolition of slavery; trial of Warren Hastings
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