Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq.


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Excerpt from Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq.: Written by Himself, and Never Before Published; With an Appendix, Containing Some of Cowper's Religious Letters, and Other Interesting Documents, Illustrative of the Memoir M11. Hayley, in a manner which has obtained general commendation. It must, however, be allowed, that a fuller illustration of Cow per' 5 religious life, thanmy which Myrtpeared, is a desidera tum in biography. That desi deratum this little volume will, at least in part, supply and to those who feel the peach: chm and excellence of Cowrsa's style and mm, it will be' the mere acceptable, because the Me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.


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A 1959 study of the early life and work of the poet William Cowper. Dr Ryskamp's study ends where the better known part of Cowper's life begins, giving a soundly based, factual and detailed account of the early and more worldly career of the man later famous as a recluse.