 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1824 - 608 страници
...who has supplied to me the place of my own mother —my own invaluable mother, these six and twenty years. Some sons may be said to have had many fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common.' But it has been remarked, that Cowper's language on other occasions, with regard to his inestimable... | |
 | 1824 - 600 страници
...who has supplied to me the place of my own mother — my own invaluable mother, these six and twenty years. Some sons may be said to have had many fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common.' But it has been remarked, that Cowper's language on other occasions, with regard to his inestimable... | |
 | 1826 - 440 страници
...find the picture a strong resemblance of her, and because her memory has been ever precious to me, I have written a poem on the receipt of it ; a poem...fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common. In May of this year, 1790, Cowper thus describes the manner in which he was employed. " I am still... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 страници
...find the picture a strong resemblance of her, and because her memory has been ever precious to me, I have written a poem on the receipt of it ; a poem...fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common." In May of this year, 1790, Cowper thus describes the manner in which he was employed. " I am still... | |
 | 1835 - 440 страници
...but Cowper always railed her Rose, when » child, and wan aware that she would remember his doing so. sons may be said to have had many fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common." In May of this year, 1790, Cowper thus describes the manner in which he was employed. " I am still... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 592 страници
...who has supplied to me the place of my own mother — my own invaluable mother, these six and twenty years. Some sons may be said to have had many fathers,...yours, most unfeignedly your friend and humble servant, The Lodge, March 21, 1790. My dearest Madam — I shall only observe on the subject of your absence,... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 страници
...writing than any that he had ever written, one excepted; ' that one,' he says, ' was addressed to a lady who has supplied to me the place of my own mother,...fathers, but a plurality of mothers is not common." The following sonnet must be the piece to which he thus alludes : " Mary ! I want a lyre with other... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 страници
...has supplied to me the place of my own mother, — my own invaluable mother, — these six and twenty years. Some sons may be said to have had many fathers ; but a plurality of mothers is not common 69." The following Sonnet must be the piece to which he thus alludes. Mary ! I want a lyre with other... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 380 страници
...hear from you. that he had ever wrote, one excepted; " that one," he says, " was addressed to a lady who has supplied to me the place of my own mother...fathers; but a plurality of mothers is not common." 69 The following Sonnet must be the piece to which he alludes. Mary ! I want a lyre with other strings... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 382 страници
...addressed to a lady who has supplied to me the place of my own mother — my own invaluable mother—these six-and-twenty years. Some sons may be said to have...fathers; but a plurality of mothers is not common." w The following Sonnet must be the piece to which he alludes. Mary ! I want a lyre with other strings... | |
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That one was addressed to a lady whom I expect in a few minutes to come down to breakfast, and who has supplied to me the place of my own mother — my own invaluable mother, these six-and-twenty years. 
