LITMIR.BIZ

Скачать книгу

To the same, April 17, 1790. Remark on an innocent deception practised by Mr. J.; Cowper boasts of his skill in physiognomy, and recommends the study of Greek 328 To Lady Hesketh, April 19, 1790. His revisal of Homer; anecdote of a prisoner in the Bastile, and lines on the subject 328 To the same, April 30, 1790. Message to Bishop Madan; remarks on General Cowper's approbation of his picture verses 328 To Joseph Hill, Esq., May 2, 1790. On the approaching termination of his employment with Homer 329 To Mrs. Throckmorton, May 2, 1790. Humorous account of a boy sent with letters to her in Berkshire; Cowper's adventure with a dog 329 To Lady Hesketh, May 28, 1790. He declines the offer of her services to procure him the place of poet laureat 329 To the same, June 3, 1790. He is applied to by a Welshman to get him made poet laureat 330 To John Johnson, Esq., June 7, 1790. Advice to Mr. J. on his future plans and studies; with remarks on Cowper's strictures on the University of Cambridge 330 Remarks on Cowper's exhortation respecting the divinity of the glorious Reformation 330 To Samuel Rose, Esq., June 8, 1790. Congratulations on his intended marriage; proposed riddle 331 To Mrs. King, June 14, 1790. His literary occupations; state of Professor Martyn's health; ill health of Mrs. Unwin 331 To Lady Hesketh, June 17, 1790. Grievance of going a-visiting; his envy of a poor old woman; inscriptions for two oak plantations 332 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, June 22, 1790. Snakes and ants of Africa; Bishop Bagot and his mutinous clergy 333 To Mrs. Bodham, June 29, 1790. Anticipations of a visit from her 333 To Lady Hesketh, July 7, 1790. State of Mrs. Unwin; remarks on the abolition of ranks by the French 334 To John Johnson, Esq., July 8, 1790. Recommendation of music as an amusement; expected visit from Mr. J. and his sister 334 To Mrs. King, July 16, 1790. On their recent visit to Weston; reference to his own singularities; regrets for the distance between them 334 To John Johnson, Esq., July 31, 1790. Warning against carelessness and shyness; proposed employments and amusements 335 To the Rev. John Newton, Aug. 11, 1790. On the state of Mrs. Newton's health; he refers to his own state, and declines the offer of trying the effect of animal magnetism 336 To Mrs. Bodham, Sept. 9, 1790. He informs her of the termination of his labours with Homer, and the conveyance of his translation to London by Mr. Johnson 336 To Samuel Rose, Esq., Sept. 13, 1790. On his marriage; Cowper's preface to his Homer; solution of the riddle in a former letter to Mr. R. 337 To Joseph Hill, Esq., Sept. 17, 1790. On the list of subscribers to his Homer 337 To Mrs. King, Oct. 5, 1790. On her illness; allusion to a counterpane which she had presented to him; reference to the list of subscribers to his Homer, and the time of publication 338 To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 15, 1790. On the death of Mrs. Scott; translation of Van Lier's letters; concern for Mrs. Newton's sufferings 338 To the same, Oct. 26, 1790. His instructions to Johnson, the bookseller, to affix to the first volume of his poems the preface written for it by Mr. N.; fall of the leaves a token of the shortness of human life 338 On Christian submission to the divine will in regard to life and death 339 To Mrs. Bodham, Nov. 21, 1790. Character of her nephew, Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Hewitt 340 To John Johnson, Esq., Nov. 26, 1790. On the study of jurisprudence; visit from the Dowager Lady Spencer 340 To Mrs. King, Nov. 29, 1790. On the praises of friends; his obligations to Professor Martyn; progress in printing his Homer 341 To Samuel Rose, Esq., Nov. 30, 1790. On his professional exertions in behalf of a friend; revisal of proofs of his Homer 341 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Dec. 1, 1790. He retorts the charge of long silence, and boasts of his intention to write; progress in printing his Homer; his reasons for not soliciting the laureatship 341 To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 5, 1790. Dying state of Mrs. Newton 341 Remarks on the doubts and fears of Christians 342

Скачать книгу