The Works of William Cowper - William Cowper

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To John Johnson, Esq., Dec. 18, 1790. Cambridge subscription for Homer; progress in printing the work 342 To Mrs. King, Dec. 31, 1790. Thanks for the present of a counterpane; his own indisposition; his poetical operations 342 Cowper's verses on the visit of Miss Stapleton to Weston 343 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 4, 1791. On his own state of health; on the quantity of syllables in verse 343 To the Rev. John Newton, Jan. 20, 1791. On the death of Mrs. N. 344 To John Johnson, Esq., Jan. 21, 1791. He urges Mr. J. to come to Weston; caution respecting certain singularities 344 To Samuel Rose, Esq., Feb. 5, 1791. Thanks for subscriptions from Scotland, and for the present of Pope's Homer 344 To Lady Hesketh, Feb. 13, 1791. Influence of a poet's reputation on an innkeeper 345 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Feb. 26, 1791. He playfully gives Mr. B. leave to find fault with his verses; his sentiments respecting blank verse 345 To John Johnson, Esq., Feb. 27, 1791. Progress in printing Homer; neglect of his work by Oxford 346 To Mrs. King, March 2, 1791. Apology for forgetting a promise, owing to his being engrossed by Homer; success of his subscription at Cambridge; the Northampton dirge 346 To Joseph Hill, Esq., March 6, 1791. Progress in Printing his Homer 346 Commencement of Cowper's acquaintance with the Rev. James Hurdis 347 To the Rev. James Hurdis, March 6, 1791. He compliments Mr. H. on his poetical productions; thanks him for offers of service; excuses himself from visiting him, and invites him to Weston 347 To Joseph Hill, Esq., March 10, 1791. Simile drawn from French and English prints of subjects in Homer 347 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, March 18, 1791. On Dr. Johnson's taste for poetry; aptness of Mr. B.'s quotations; Mr. Chester's indisposition 347 To John Johnson, Esq., March 19, 1791. On the poems of Elizabeth Bentley, an untaught female of Norwich 348 To Samuel Rose, Esq., March 24, 1791. On his application to Dr. Dunbar relative to subscriptions to Cowper's Homer 348 To Lady Hesketh, March 25, 1791. Slight of Horace Walpole; a night alarm and its effects; remarks on a book sent by Lady H. 349 To the Rev. John Newton, March 29, 1791. Recollections of past times; difference between dreams and realities; reasons why the occasional pieces which he writes do not reach Mr. N.; expected visit of his maternal relations; his mortuary verses 349 To Mrs. Throckmorton, April 1, 1791. On the failure of an attempt in favour of his subscription at Oxford; remarks on a pamphlet by Mr. T. 350 To John Johnson, Esq., April 6, 1791. Thanks for Cambridge subscriptions 350 To Samuel Rose, Esq., April 29, 1791. Subscriptions to his Homer 351 To the Rev. Walter Bagot, May 2, 1791. Progress in printing Homer; visit from Mr. B.'s nephew; Milton's Latin poems 351 Dr. Johnson's remark on Milton's Latin poems 351 To the Rev. Mr. Buchanan, May 11, 1791. On a poem of Mr. B.'s 352 To Lady Hesketh, May 18, 1791. Complaint of her not writing; letter from Dr. Cogswell, of New York, respecting his poems 352 To John Johnson, Esq., May 23, 1791. On his translation of the Battle of the Frogs and the Mice 352 The Judgment of the Poets, a poem, by Cowper, on the relative charms of May and June 352 To Lady Hesketh, May 27, 1791. Tardiness of the printer of his Homer 353 To John Johnson, Esq., June 1, 1791. He congratulates Mr. J. on the period of his labours as a transcriber 353

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Observations on Cowper's version of Homer 353
Reasons of his failure in that work to satisfy public expectation 354
Comparative specimens of Pope's and Cowper's versions 354
To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis, June 13, 1791. Completion of his Homer; their mutual fondness for animals; a woman's character best learned in domestic life 355
To Samuel Rose, Esq., June 15, 1791. Man an ungrateful animal; visit from Norfolk relations 356
To Dr. James Cogswell, June 15, 1791. Acknowledgement of a present

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