The Works of William Cowper / His life, letters, and poems, now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence

by William Cowper

[655] Verses on Dr. Darwin.

[656] See p. 343.

[657] This portrait was taken at the instance of Dr. Johnson, and is thought most to resemble Cowper. It is now in the possession of Dr. Johnson's family, and represents the poet in a sitting posture, in an evening dress.

[658] Mrs. Unwin.

[659] Private correspondence.

[660] To Mrs. Bodham's.

[661] Private correspondence.

[662] This residence afterwards became the property of the late William Huskisson, Esq.

[663] This amiable and much esteemed character, and endeared as one of the friends of Cowper, was born at Bishopstone in Sussex, in 1763. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1793, and died at a premature age, in 1801. His claims as an author principally rest on his once popular poem of the "Village Curate." He also wrote "A Vindication of the University of Oxford from the Aspersions of Mr. Gibbon." His works are published in 3 vols.

[664] Mr. Hurdis had just lost a favourite sister.