OF WILLIAM COW PER. HIS LIFE AND LETTERS. BY WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ. NOW FIRST COMPLETED BY THE INTRODUCTON OF COWPER'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. EDITED BY THE REV. T. S. GRIMSHAWE, A.M. RECTOR OF BURTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AND VICAR OF BIDDENHAM, BEDFORDSHIRE, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND. Letters, such as are written from wise men, are, of all the words of men, in my VOL. IV. LONDON: WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., 85, QUEEN STREET, The question why Great Britain should be the first to Final abolition of slavery by Great Britain, and efforts making for the religious instruction of the Negroes 11 Probability that Africa may be enlightened by their means 15 Cowper's lines on the blessings of spiritual liberty Letter to Mrs. Hill, March 17, 1788. Thanks for a pre- M806146 To Samuel Rose, Esq., March 29, 1788. He expresses To Lady Hesketh, March 31, 1788. He makes mention The Morning Dream :" allusion to Han- nah More on "The Manners of the Great" Character of and extracts from Mrs. More's work To Mrs. King, April 11, 1788. Allusion to his melan- To the Rev. John Newton, April 19, 1788. Remarks on the conduct of government in regard to the Slavery To Lady Hesketh, May 6, 1788. Smollett's Don Quix- otte; he thanks her for the intended present of a box for letters and papers; renewal of his correspondence To Lady Hesketh, May 12, 1788. Mrs. Montagu and the Blue Stocking Club; his late feats in walking To Joseph Hill, Esq., May 24, 1788. Thanks for the present of prints of the Lacemaker and Crazy Kate; To the Rev. William Bull, May 25, 1788. He declines the composition of hymns, which Mr. B. had urged To Lady Hesketh, May 27, 1788. His lines on Mr. PAGE |