 ... these occasions, to try all the resources of her sprightly powers for his immediate relief. She told him the story of John Gilpin (which had been treasured in her memory from her childhood) to dissipate the gloom of the passing hour. Its effect on...  The London Anecdotes for All Readers ... - الصفحة 54المحررون: - 1848عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 798
...on the fancy of Cowper had the air of enchantment. He informed her the next morning, thai cenrvl*>fa of laughter, brought on by his recollection of her story, 'had kept him waking during ihe greatest !>«« of the night ! and that he had turned il inloabulW. — So arose the pleasant poem... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 674
...tale from her childhood, and its effects on the fancy of Cowper had an air of enchantment. He told her the next morning, that convulsions of laughter...recollection of her story had kept him waking during the greater part of the night, and that he had turned it into a ballad. RICHARD ERINSLEY SHERIDAN. In no... | |
 | John Diprose - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...Its effects on the fancy )f Cowper had the air of enchantment He informed HARD FATE OF AUTHORS. ' 59 her the next morning that convulsions of laughter,...also, we are indebted for the poem of " the Task." HARD FATE OF AUTHORS. SIR EB (now Lord) Lytton, in the memoir which he prefixed to the collected works... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...dissipate the gloom of the passing hour. Its effect on the fancy of Cowpor had the air of enchantment. He informed her, the next morning, that convulsions of...on by his recollection of her story, had kept him awake during the greater part of the night— that he had turned it into a ballad. So arose the pleasant... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...dissipate the gloom of the passing hour. Its effect on the fancy of Cowper had the air of enchantment : he informed her the .next morning that convulsions of...had turned it into a ballad. So arose the pleasant story of John Gilpin." A somewhat different version of the origin of the poem is given by Thomas Wright,... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 110
...dissipate the gloom of the passing hour. Its effect on the fancy of Cowper had the air of enchantment: he informed her the next morning that convulsions of...ballad. So arose the pleasant poem of John Gilpin ; it was eagerly copied, and, finding its way rapidly to the newspapers, it was seized by the lively... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...dissipate the gloom of the passing hour. Its effect on the fancy of Cowper had the air of enchantment : he informed her the next morning that convulsions of...had turned it into a ballad. So arose the pleasant story of John Gilpin." A somewhat different version of the origin of the poem Is given by Thomas Wright,... | |
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