his health; character of Mr. Bean; visit from the Powleys; he declines writing further on the slave-trade; invitation to Weston; verses on Mrs. Montagu
To Joseph Hill, Esq., June 8, 1788. On the death of his uncle, Ashley Cowper
292
To Lady Hesketh, June 10, 1788. On the death of her father, Ashley Cowper
292
To the same, June 15, 1788. Recollections of her father
293
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, June 17, 1788. Coldness of the season; reasons for declining to write on slavery; contrast between the awful scenes of nature and the horrors produced by human passions
293
To Mrs. King, June 19, 1788. He excuses his silence on account of inflammation of the eyes; sudden change of weather; reasons why we are not so hardy as our forefathers; his opinion of Thomson, the poet
294
To Samuel Rose, Esq., June 23, 1788. Apology for an unanswered letter; providence of God in regard to the weather; visitors at Weston; brevity of human life
294
To the Rev. John Newton, June 24, 1788. Difficulties experienced by Mr. Bean in enforcing a stricter observance of the Sabbath at Olney; remarks on the slave trade
295
To Lady Hesketh, June 27, 1788. Anticipations of her next visit; allusion to Lord Thurlow's promise to provide for him; anecdote of his dog Beau; remarks on his ballads on slavery
296
The Dog and the Water Lily
297
To Joseph Hill, Esq, July 6, 1788. He gives Mr. H. notice that he has drawn on him; allusion to an engagement of Mr. H.'s
297
To Lady Hesketh, July 28, 1788. Her talent at description; the lime-walk at Weston; remarks on the "Account of Five Hundred Living Authors"
297
To the same, August 9, 1788. Visitors at Weston; motto composed by Cowper for the king's clock
298
To Samuel Rose, Esq., August 18, 1788. Circumstances of their parting; he recommends Mr. R. to take due care of himself in his pedestrian journeys; strictures on Lavater's Aphorisms
298
Remarks on physiognomy, and on the merits of Lavater as the founder of the Orphan House at Zurich. Note
299
To Mrs. King, August 28, 1788. He playfully guesses at Mrs. King's figure and features
299
To the Rev. John Newton, Sept. 2, 1788. Reference to Mr. N.'s late visit; his own melancholy state of mind; Mr. Bean's exertions for suppressing public houses
300
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Sept. 11, 1788. Remarkable oak; lines suggested by it; exhortation against bashfulness
300
To Mrs. King, Sept. 25, 1788. Thanks for presents; invitation to Weston
301
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Sept. 25, 1788. A riddle; superior talents no security for propriety of conduct; progress of Homer; Mrs. Throckmorton's bullfinch
302
To Mrs. King, Oct. 11, 1788. Account of his occupations at different periods of his life
302
To the Rev. John Newton, Nov. 29, 1788. Declining state of Jenny Raban; Mr. Greatheed
303
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Nov. 30, 1788. Vincent Bourne; invitation to Weston
303
To Mrs. King, Dec. 6, 1788. Excuse for not being punctual in writing; succession of generations; Cumberland's "Observer"
304
To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 9, 1788. Mr. Van Lier's Latin MS.; Lady Hesketh and the Throckmortons; popularity of Mr. C. as a preacher
304
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Jan. 19, 1789. Local helps to memory; Sir John Hawkins' book
305
To the same, Jan. 24, 1789. Accidents generally occur when and where we least expect them
305
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 29, 1789. Excuse for irregularity in correspondence; progress of Homer; allusion to political affairs
305
To Mrs. King, Jan. 29, 1789. Thanks for presents; Mrs. Unwin's fall in the late frost; distress of the Royal Family on the state of the King, and anecdote of the Lord Chancellor
306
To the same, March 12, 1789. Excuse for long silence, and for not having sent, according to promise, all the small pieces he had written; his poem on the King's recovery
306
To the same, April 22, 1789. He informs Mrs. K. that he has a packet of poems ready for her; his verses on the Queen's visit to London on the night of the illuminations for the King's recovery; disappointment on account of her not coming to Weston; Twinings' translation of Aristotle
307
To the same, April 30, 1789. Thanks for presents; his brother's poems
308
To Samuel Rose, Esq., May 20, 1789. Reference to his lines on the Queen's visit; character of Hawkins Brown
To Samuel Rose, Esq., June 5, 1789. He commissions Mr. R. to buy him a cuckoo-clock; Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides; Hawkins' and Boswell's Life of Johnson
