The Works of William Cowper, Volume 3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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acquaintance Adieu admire affection affectionate agreeable amusement answer appears attention beautiful believe blank verse called comfort connexion consequently COWPER DEAR FRIEND DEAR WILLIAM desire doubt equally expect favour feel give glad hand happy heard heart Homer honour hope House of Bourbon Iliad John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL judgement LADY HESKETH least less letter live Lord Lord Dartmouth Madam Guyon matter mean ment mind morning natural neighbour never night obliged observe occasion Olney once opinion passed perhaps Pict pleased pleasure poem poet Pope possible present prove reach reason received rejoice remember respect seems sensible sent Silver End soon sorry spirits suffered suppose tell thanks thing thought Throckmorton tion Towcester translation truly truth verse walk WILLIAM BULL WILLIAM UNWIN winter wish word write
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Page 397 - I still, as at the first, allow myself a liberty. On all other occasions I prune with an unsparing hand, determined that there shall not be found in the whole translation an idea that is not Homer's. My ambition is, to produce the closest copy possible, and at the same time as harmonious as I know how to make it. This being my object, you will no longer think, if indeed you have thought so at all, that I am unnecessarily and overmuch industrious.