Antique bust of Homer presented to Cowper by Mr.
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owper's poetical Tribute for the gift 420 To Thomas Park, Esq. July 15, 1793. Chapman's translationof the Iliad; Hobbes's translation; Lady Hesketh;his literary engagements 420 To Mrs. Charlotte Smith. July 25, 1793. On her poemof "The Emigrants," which was dedicated to Cowper 421 To the Rev. Mr. Greatheed. July 27, 1793. He thanksMr. G. for the offer of part of his house; reasons fordeclining it; promised visits 421 To William Hayley, Esq. July 27, 1793. Anticipationsof a visit from Mr. H.; head of Homer and proposedmotto for it; question concerning the cause of Homer'sblindness; garden shed 422 To the Rev. John Johnson. Aug. 2, 1793. On his ordination;Flaxman's designs to the Odyssey 423 To Lady Hesketh. Aug. 11, 1793. Miss Fanshaw; presentfrom Lady Spencer of Flaxman's designs 423 Explanation respecting Miss Fanshaw; verses by her;Cowper's reply; his lines addressed to Count Gravina 423 To William Hayley, Esq. Aug. 15, 1793. Epigram onbuilding; inscription for an hermitage; Flaxman'sdesigns; plan of an Odyssey illustrated by them; inscriptionfor the bust of Homer 423 To Mrs. Courtenay. Aug. 20, 1793. Story of Bob Archerand the fiddler; Flaxman's designs to Homer 424 To Samuel Rose, Esq. Aug. 22, 1793. Allusion toscenery on the south coast of England; his literaryoccupations 425 To William Hayley, Esq. Aug. 27, 1793. Question respectingHomer's blindness; Flaxman's illustrationsof Homer; recollections of Lord Mansfield; erectionof Homer's bust 425 To Lady Hesketh. Aug. 29, 1793. On her intendedvisit to Weston; Miss Fanshaw 425 To the Rev. Mr. Johnson. Sept. 4, 1793. His agreeablesurprise on the appearance of a sun-dial, a presentfrom Mr. J.; revisal of his Homer 426 To William Hayley, Esq. Sept. 8, 1793. Flaxman's designsto Homer; anticipations of Mr. H.'s visit 426 To Mrs. Courtenay. Sept. 15, 1793. His improvementsat Weston; the sun-dial; Pitcairne 427 To the Rev. Mr. Johnson. Sept. 29, 1793. Visits devourersof time; expected visiters at Weston 427 To William Hayley, Esq. Oct. 5, 1793. Demands uponhis time; expected visiters; reference to H.'s Life ofMilton 427 To the same. Oct. 18, 1793. Anticipations of his visitto Weston 428 To the Rev. John Newton. Oct. 22, 1793. Apology fornot writing; reference to a late journey of Mr. N.'s;thanks for his last publication 428 To the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. Nov. 3, 1793. Thanks forhis support of Mr. Hurdis; reference to the applicationof the clerk of Northampton 428 Hayley's second visit to Weston 429 Invitation to Cowper and his guests from Lord Spencerto Althorpe, to meet Gibbon the historian, declined byhim 429 To Mrs. Courtenay. Nov. 4, 1793. He complains ofbeing distracted with business; Hayley's visit; epidemicfever; Mrs. Unwin 429 State of Cowper and Mrs. Unwin as described by Hayley 429 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Nov. 5, 1793. Lady Hesketh'svisit to Wargrave; his house at Weston, and prospectsfrom it 430 To the Rev. Walter Bagot. Nov. 10, 1793. Thanks himfor his support of Mr. Hurdis; reference to the FrenchRevolution 430 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Nov. 24, 1793. Congratulationson his election to the professorship of poetry atOxford; Hayley's visit; his Life of Milton; revisal ofhis Homer; invitation to Weston 430 To Samuel Rose, Esq. Nov. 29, 1793. Expected visitfrom him and Mr. (the late Sir Thomas) Lawrence;subject from Homer proposed by the latter for hispencil; a companion to it suggested by Cowper; intentionof Lawrence to take Cowper's portrait forengraving 431 To the same. Dec. 8, 1793. Thanks him for books; historyof Jonathan Wild; character of "Man as he is" 432 To William Hayley, Esq. Dec. 8, 1793. Inquiries concerninghis Life of Milton; his own literary occupations 432 Suspension of Cowper's literary labours, and decline ofhis mental powers 432 Results of Cowper's literary labours on the works ofMilton 432 Specimens of his translation of the Latin poem addressedby Milton to his father 433 Hayley's remarks on that poem 434 Passages from Cowper's notes on Milton 434 Fuseli's Milton Gallery 436 Origin of Hayley's acquaintance with Cowper 436 Hayley's first letter, with a sonnet addressed to Cowper 436 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dec. 10, 1793. On a sprain receivedby Mr. H.; revisal of Homer; inquiry concerningLord Howe's fleet 436 The idea of the projected poem of "The Four Ages,"suggested by Mr. Buchanan 437 To the Rev. Mr. Buchanan. May 11, 1793. ComplimentingMr. B. on the sketch which he furnished forthe poem 437 Increasing infirmities of Mrs. Unwin, and their effect onCowper 437 His affecting situation at this period 437 Dissatisfaction of Lord Thurlow with a passage in Cowper'sHomer, and his and Hayley's attempts to improveupon it 438 To William Hayley, Esq. Dec. 17, 1793. With a newversion of the passage above mentioned; criticisms ontheir performances; his own notions of the principlesof translation 438 To the same. Jan. 5, 1794. New translation of thebefore-mentioned passage; remarks on translation,and particularly of Homer 438 To the same, from the Rev. William Greatheed. April8, 1794. He acquaints Mr. H. with the alarming situationof Cowper, and urges his coming to Weston 439 Hayley repairs to Weston 440 Lady Hesketh obtains the advice of Dr. Willis 440 Grant of a pension of 300_l._ per annum, by his Majesty,to Cowper 440
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