The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations
The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations
Cowper, William, 1731-1800
The book The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations was written by author Cowper, William, 1731-1800 Here you can read free online of The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Correspondence of William Cowper, Arranged in Chronological Order, With Annotations book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But as Mrs. Unwin and I were talking of him last night, we could not but wonder that a man should see so much excellence in the lives, and so much glory and beauty in the deaths of the martyrs, whom he has recorded, and at the same time disapprove the principles that produced the very conduct he 1 See Letter of 16 Aug. 1784. Digitized by CjOOQIC 1784] TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON 288 admired. It seems, however, a step towards the truth, to applaud the fruits of it ; and one cannot help thinking that... one step more would put him in possession of the truth itself. By your means may he be enabled to take it 1 We are obliged to you for the preference you would have given to Olney, had not Providence determined your course anotiher way. But as, when we saw you last summer, you gave us no reason to expect you this, we are the less disappointed. At your age and mine, biennial visits have such a gap between them that we cannot promise ourselves upon those terms very numerous future interviews. But whether ours are to be many or few, you will always be welcome to me, for the sake of the com- fortable days that are past In my present state of mind my friendship for you indeed is as warm as ever.
User Reviews: