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

by William Cowper

[265] He was an intelligent schoolmaster at Olney.

[266] Private correspondence.

[267] Private correspondence.

[268] He alludes to the poem of "Tirocinium," which was inscribed to Mr. Unwin.

[269] Private correspondence.

[270] This is a geographical error. The Rhine takes its rise in the canton of the Grisons. It is the Rhone which derives its source from the western flank of Mount St. Gothard, where there are three springs, which unite their waters to that torrent. The river Aar rises not far distant, but there is no other river.—Ed.

[271] Private correspondence.

[272] A celebrated actress, who wrote her memoirs, which were much read at that time.

[273] Private correspondence.

[274] Mr. Newton was at this time preparing two volumes of Sermons for the press, on the subject of the Messiah, preached on the occasion of the Commemoration of Handel.