Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . accustomed, where everyrood of ground maintained its In the Vicar of Wakefield, the vicar washis father ; himself was George ; the family economy was what he had seen;both his sisters were privately married under unpleasant circumstances, thoughnot with such painful consequences as that of Olivia. Squire Thornhill is aftIrish sq
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . accustomed, where everyrood of ground maintained its In the Vicar of Wakefield, the vicar washis father ; himself was George ; the family economy was what he had seen;both his sisters were privately married under unpleasant circumstances, thoughnot with such painful consequences as that of Olivia. Squire Thornhill is aftIrish squire ; Moses and his bargain of the green spectacles was founded on amisadventure of his father; Jenkinsons pedantic pretensions must have beenwitnessed by him in his literary career; and of the plot, the great merit is itstruth and simplicity. The Citizen of the World, and his Essays, rest mainlyupon similar foundations. His plays are alike said to have been founded onpersonal events, and in The Good-Natured Man, he no doubt drew from him-self. His plays contain some wit, much humor, easy and natural dialogue, andsketchy but feeble delineations of real character; they are indeed rather farcesof a superior kind, than regular comedies. 320 WILLIAM WILLIAM COWPER. WILLIAM COWPER, a distinguished modern English poet, was born at Berk-hamstead, Herts, November 26, 1731. His father, the rector of the parish,was the Rev. John Cowper, D. D., son of Justice Spencer Cowper. Hereceived his early education at a school in his native county, whence he wasremoved to that of Westminster. Here he acquired a competent portion ofclassical knowledge ; but, from the delicacy of his temperament, and the timidshyness of his disposition, he seems to have endured a species of martyrdomfrom the rudeness and tyranny of his more robust companions, and to have re-ceived, indelibly, the impressions that subsequently produced his Tirocinium,in which poem his dislike to the system of public educatio
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