 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 strani
...word means anything. ' My descriptions,' he writes of The Task, ' are all from nature ; — not or « 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... | |
 | John Vance Cheney - 1895 - 466 strani
...in point of style. " My descriptions," he says, " are all from nature : not one of them second-hand. My delineations of the heart are from my own experience : not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I have varied as much as I could (for blank... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 196 strani
...written at all, if they had not written upon the pattern of somebody indeed origina1."i And again: "My delineations of the heart are from my own experience : not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectura1. In my numbers ... I have imitated nobody, though sometimes perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1898 - 334 strani
...homage which Vice pays to Virtue " (Rochefoucauld, Maximes, 223). 53 108. I was a stricken deer. " My delineations of the heart are from my own experience, not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural " (letter to Unwin, Oct. 10, 1784). 54 150 A reference to the sciences... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 strani
...felt, and thought. " My descriptions," he said, " are all from nature ; not one of them second-hand. My delineations of the heart are from my own experience ; not one of them borrowed from books or in the least degree conjectural." Engraved by William Walker and Samuel CouHinn, from the painting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 strani
...pretend a better." Of the plan, purpose, and form of the ' Task ' Cowper likewise tells us : — " My descriptions are all from nature — not one of...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 - 1901 - 654 strani
...word means anything. ' My descriptions,' he writes of The Task, 'are all from nature ; — not or« 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... | |
 | Arthur Max Hantsche - 1901 - 160 strani
...»My descriptions are all from nature ; not one of them is second-handed. My deliniations of the hcart are from my own experience, not one of them borrowed from books or in the last degree conjectural.« (V, 87.; Gleichsam sein poetisches Glaubensbekenntnis legt er... | |
 | William Cowper - 1904 - 512 strani
...concessions I can, that I may please them, but I will not please them at the expense of conscience. My descriptions are all from nature : not one of them...experience : not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural. In my numbers, which I have varied as much as I could (for blank... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1906 - 628 strani
...descriptions,' he writes of The Task, ' are all from nature ; — not one 1 Jan. 5, 1782. a Jan. 17, 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... | |
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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. 
