 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 Seiten
...he writes of The Task, ' are all from nature ; — not one 1 Jan 5, 1 78 a. Jan. il, 1782. — . , . of them second-handed. My delineations of the heart...experience ; — not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 Seiten
...implied, that Cowper is original if the word means anything. 'My descriptions,' he writes of The Task, ' are all from nature ; — not one of them second-handed....experience ; — not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 632 Seiten
...implied, that Cowper is original if the word means anything. ' My descriptions,' he writes of The Task,' are all from nature ;—not one of them second-handed....experience ;—not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 Seiten
...imitate, in spite of ourselves, just ill the same proportion as we admire/ Again, referring to The Tusk: 'My descriptions are all from nature, not one of them...own experience; not one of them borrowed from books, or In the least degree conjectural.' Objects hitherto regarded with disdain or despair, were by him... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - 352 Seiten
...author. He said, in a letter to Mr. Unvvin — " My descriptions are all from nature ; not one of them is second-handed. My delineations of the heart are from...experience ; not one of them borrowed from books, or is in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 428 Seiten
...own feeling, and true to the object he is describing. " My descriptions," he writes of " The Task," " are all from nature ; not one of them second-handed....delineations of the heart are from my own experience." Everywhere in his poems we find a genuine love of nature ; humour and pathos in his description of... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 Seiten
...own feeling, and true to the object he is describing. " My descriptions," he writes of " The Task," " are all from nature ; not one of them second-handed....delineations of the heart are from my own experience." Everywhere in his poems we find a genuine love of nature; humour and pathos in his description of persons;... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1889 - 634 Seiten
...implied, that Cowper is original if the word means anything. ' My descriptions,' he writes of The Task, 'are all from nature ; — not one of them second-handed....experience ; — not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1892 - 746 Seiten
...benevolence of Mr. Smith and others, were saved, only just in time. " My descriptions," says Cowper, " are all from nature — not one of them second-handed....experience — not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1892 - 742 Seiten
...others, were saved, only just in time. " My descriptions," says Cowper, " are all from nature—not one of them second-handed. My delineations of the...experience— not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I varied as much as I could (for blank verse... | |
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My descriptions are all from nature ; not one of them second-handed. My delineations of the heart are from my own experience ; not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. 
