...To JOSEPH HILL, Eaqr. To condole with you on the death of a Mother aged 87 would be absurd—Rather therefore, as is reasonable, I congratulate you on...tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for shewing it was so short. But the ways of God are equal—and when I reflect on the pangs she would...

...You may remember with pleasure while you live, a blessing vouchsafed to you so long, and I, Avhile I live, must regret a comfort, of which I was deprived...Such was the impression her tenderness made upon me, thou jjh the opportunity she had for shewing it was so short. But the ways of God are equal — and...

...deprived fo early. I can truly fay that not a week pafTes, (perhaps I might with equal veracity fay a day) in which I do not think of her. Such was the impreffion her tendernefs made upon me, though the opportunity fhe had for fhewing it was fo fhort....

...Adieu, LETTER LXXVII. To JOSEPH HILL, Esqr. MY DEAR FRIEND, WC November 1784. To condole with you on the have been very different, as indeed in almost every...veracity say a day) in which I do not think of her. Snch was the impression her tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for shewing it...

...different, as indeed in almost every other. Your Mother lived to see you rise, at least to' see vou comfortably established in the world. Mine dying when...tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for shewing it was so short. But the ways of God are equal — and when I reflect on the pangs she would...

...a blessing vouchsafed to you so long, and T,. while I live, must regret a comfort, of which I wa's deprived so early. I can truly say that not a week...tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for shewing it was so short. But the ways of God are equal — and when I reflect on the pangs she would...

...established, in the world ; mine, dying when I was six years old, did not live to see me sink in it. Yod may remember with pleasure while you live, a blessing...which I do not think of her : such was the impression which her tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for showing it was so short. But...

...Hill on the death of that gentleman's parent in November, 1784, that it would be improper to omit it : "To condole with you on the death of a mother aged...tenderness made upon me, though the opportunity she had for shewing it was so short. But the ways of God are equal ; and when I reflect on the pangs she would...

...letter of his mother, who died when he was a boy, he writes, — nearly fifty years after her death, — "I can truly say that not a week passes, (perhaps...such was the impression her tenderness made upon me." What can be more touching than to see genius, after it has awakened the admiration of the world, tenderly...

...several children, only two sons. " I can truly say," said Cowper, nearly fifty years after her death, "that not a week passes (perhaps I might with equal...her: such was the impression her tenderness made upon short.',' • ; ? me, though the opportunity she had for showing it was so * Mrs. Cowper was buried...