Private Correspondence Of William Cowper Esq With Several Of His Most Intimate Friends Now First Published From The Originals In The Possession Of

Author : John Johnson
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ISBN 13 : 9781331172062
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book Private Correspondence of William Cowper, Esq. written by John Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Private Correspondence of William Cowper, Esq.: With Several of His Most Intimate Friends; Now First Published From the Originals in the Possession of His Kinsman The present volume concludes an edition of Cowper's Works, which the sanction of his still surviving administratrix, Mrs. Bodham, and the access which the Editor has obtained to every collection of the Poet's letters, has enabled him to render as complete as it can be made from any known materials. He is obliged to the Rev. Egerton Bagot for permitting him to inspect the letters addressed to his father, Cowper's earliest correspondent, and the only one of his early friends who sought him in his retirement. To Mr. Jekyll he is obliged for access to those addressed to Mr. Hill. Mrs. Charlotte Smith favoured him with the letter to her mother, who in her own generation was not surpassed as a novelist, nor equalled as a poetess. From his old friend Mr. Cottle the two letters to Mr. Churchey, were obtained, the Welch attorney, who sent Cowper his verses to revise, and obligingly asked, "Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale?" He has also to thank Mr. Meek for entrusting him with Cowper's interleaved and annotated copy of the Paradise Lost, purchased by that gentleman at the sale of Hayley's Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.