 | 1803 - 268 страници
...because it is the only tiling that I am capable of. i I 'have, .therefore,' read Burn's Poems, and hare read them twice ; and though they be written in a...whole, a very extraordinary • -production. ' "He is, 1 believe, the only poet these '•kingdoms havo produced in the lower rank of ' ilifcy si«<ie Sha'kespeare,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 348 страници
...neverthelefs I read; partly from habit, and partly becaufe it is the only tiling that I am. capable of. s 2 I have therefore read Burns' Poems, and have read...a language that is new to me, and many of them on fubjefts much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production.... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 222 страници
...to Mr. Rose, he expresses himself in the following terms on the Scotch hard: " I have read Burns's Poems, and have read them twice: and though they be...them on the whole a very extraordinary production. It will be a pity if he should not hereafter devest himself of harharism, and content himself with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 страници
...habit, and partly because it is the only thing that I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns s poems, and have read them twice ; and though they...on the whole a very extraordinary production. He is 1 believe the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life, since Shakspeare, (I... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 страници
...mind I taste nothing, nevertheless I read, partly from habit, and partly because it is the only thing I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns' poems,...kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakspeare (J should rather say since Prior) who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 страници
...habit, and partly because it is the only thing that I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they...subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I •hink them on the whole a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 страници
...mind I taste nothing, nevertheless I read, partly from habit, and partly because it is the only thing I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns' poems,...kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakspeare (I should rather say since Prior) who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 страници
...mind I taste nothing, nevertheless I read, partly from habit, and partly because it is the only thing I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns' poems,...kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakspeare (I should rather say since Prior) who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 386 страници
...habit, and partly because it is the only thing that I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they...written in a language that is new to me, and many 6f them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary... | |
 | 1846 - 608 страници
...and Nature; the religion that exalts and ennobles man." " I have read Burns's poems," says Cowper, " and have read them twice; and though they be written in a language that is new to me, and for the Task was commenced in Johnson's 1 many of them on subjects much inferior to lifetime, and in... | |
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Burns' poems, and have read them twice ; and, though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production. 
