...anticipations. After describing the routine of the day, in a letter to his cousin, Mrs. Cowper, he adds : " I need not tell you that such a life as this is consistent...a maternal affection for me, and I have something like a filial one for her ; and her son and I are brothers. Blessed be the God of our salvation, for...

...see home again. At night we read and converse as before till supper, and commonly finish the evening with hymns or a sermon, and last of all the family...utmost cheerfulness — accordingly we are all happy." If Cowper had had work to do in the world he could'nt have read so many sermons and lived as he did....

...night we read and converse till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns, or with a sermon; and last of all, the family are called to...with the utmost cheerfulness; accordingly, we are all Jiappy, and dwell together in unity as brethren. Mrs. Unwin has almost a maternal affection for me,...

...between church-time and dinner. At night we read, and converse, as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns, or a sermon,...tell you that such a life as this is consistent with In the same narrative it is stated that Mrs. Unwin "had been remarkable for gayety and vivacity; but...

...between church-time and dinner. At night we read, and converse, as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns, or a sermon,...tell you that such a life as this is consistent with to which a gross ignorance of the principles of Christian friendship afforded the sole support." In...

...day between church-time and dinner. At night we read and converse as before till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns or a sermon,...called to prayers. I need not tell you that such a life is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness." The reader will observe that " such a life " differs only...

...tea came a four-mile walk, and 'at night we read and converse, as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns or a sermon; and last of all the family are called to prayers.' In those days, it may be, evangelical religion had some of the attractions of a new discovery. Theories...

...again had a sermon or hymns, and closed the day with family worship. " I need not say," he continues, " that such a life as this is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness; ac-rdingly we are all happy." At this time Cowper had little communication with hts relatives, and...

...between church time and dinner. At night we read and converse as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns or a sermon;...and, last of all, the family are called to prayers." The first interruption to his happiness was the death of Mr. Unwin, who was killed by a fall from his...

...harpsichord, make up a tolerable concert At night we read and converse as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns or a sermon ;...and, last of all, the family are called to prayers." — Letter to his cousin, Mrs. Cowper, dated Huntingdon, Oct. 20, 17U6. 'The Works of Cowper,' edited...