To the Rev. John Newton, March 18, 1792. He assures Mr. N. that, though reduced to the company of Mrs. Unwin alone, they are both comfortable
372
To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis, March 23, 1792. Remarks on Mr. H.'s Tragedy of Sir Thomas More
373
To Lady Hesketh, March 25, 1752. Cause of the delay of a preceding letter to her; detention of Mr. Hayley's letter to Cowper, at Johnson the bookseller's
373
To Thomas Park, Esq., March 30, 1792. Remarks on a poem of Mr. P.'s
374
To Samuel Rose, Esq., March 30, 1792. Spends his mornings in letter writing
374
To the same, April 5, 1792. Vexatious delay of printers; supposed secret enemy
374
To William Hayley, Esq., April 6, 1792. Expected visit of Mr. H.; Cowper introduces Mrs. Unwin, and advises him to bring books with him, if he should want any
375
To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis, April 8, 1792. Apology for delay in writing; reference to Mr. H.'s sisters; and to an unanswered letter
375
To Joseph Hill, Esq., April 15, 1792. Thanks for a remittance; satirical stanzas on a blunder in his Homer; progress in Milton
376
To Lady Throckmorton, April 16, 1792. Lady thieves; report of his being a friend to the slave trade; means taken by him to refute it
376
Sonnet addressed to William Wilberforce, Esq., and published by Cowper in contradiction of the report above-mentioned
377
Remarks on a report respecting Cowper's sentiments relative to the Slave Trade
377
Reflections on Popularity
377
Letter to the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. April 16, 1792. Cowper asserts the falsehood of a report that he was friendly to the Slave Trade
377
To the Printers of the Northampton Mercury; on the same subject, with a Sonnet addressed to Mr. Wilberforce
378
Remarks on the relative merits of rhyme and blank verse, with reference to a translation of Homer
378
Cowper's sentiments on the subject, and on translation in general
379
To the Lord Thurlow. On the inconvenience of rhyme in translation
379
Lord Thurlow to William Cowper, Esq. On the value of rhyme in certain kinds of poems; on metrical translations; close translation of a passage in Homer
380
To the Lord Thurlow. Vindication of Cowper's choice of blank verse for his translation of Homer; his version of the passage given by Lord T.
381
Lord Thurlow to William Cowper, Esq. On his translation of Homer
382
To the Lord Thurlow. On the same subject
382
Passages from Cowper's translation
382
Facts respecting it
383
To Mr. Johnson, the bookseller. Feb. 11, 1790. Cowper acknowledges his obligations to Mr. Fuseli, for his remarks on his translation of Homer
383
To the same. Sept. 7, 1790. On the same subject
383
Indignant remonstrance of Cowper's, addressed to Johnson on the alteration of a line in one of his poems
384
To Thomas Park, Esq. April 27, 1792. Remarks on some Poems of Mr. P.'s, and on his own literary engagements
384
Marriage of Mr. Courtenay to Miss Stapleton
385
To Lady Hesketh. May 20, 1792. On the marriage of Mr. Courtenay; Dr. Madan's promotion to a Bishopric; complimentary Sonnet produced by Cowper, addressed to Mr. Wilberforce; Lines to Warren Hastings, Esq.
385
To John Johnson, Esq. May 20, 1792. On the postponement of his Ordination, &c.
