Cowper
['ku:pə]
Definition
(noun.) English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800).
(noun.) English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709).
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Examples
- Here is your favourite--Cowper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And what I say of Cowper, I should say of Rousseau. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The first invention of the kind was patented by Mr. Crompton, in conjunction with Mr. Miller and Professor Cowper, in 1828. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Mr. Cowper recommended the Religious Tract Society to put aside their coarse woodcuts, to have superior wood engravings, and to print with his machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Thomson's Seasons, Hayley's Cowper, Middleton's Cicero, were by far the lightest, newest, and most amusing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Moore never talked to me either about Cowper, or Rousseau, or love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- K?nig’s machine was in 1827 succeeded by that of Applegath and Cowper, which was simpler and more rapid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I thought so at the time; but you WOULD give him Cowper. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Stopping short, she remarked ere long, One could have loved Cowper, if it were only for the sake of having the privilege of comforting him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have adopted Mr. Cowper's machines for printing vast numbers of Bibles, prayer-books, &c. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You never would have loved Cowper, rejoined Caroline promptly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Applegath and Cowper's machines for printing both sides of the paper at the same time. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Does it not make you think of Cowper? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Cowper's hand did not tremble in writing the lines. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I hope William Cowper is safe and calm in heaven now, said Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And if there were any female Cowpers and Rousseaus, I should assert the same of them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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