Excerpt from The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq.: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper Cherishing the memory of her departed poets. - But to return to the lady who gave rise to this remark. The na tural diffidence of her sex, uniting with extreme delicacy of health, induced lier, eager as she is to promote the celebrity of her deceased relation, to shrink from the idea of submit ting herself, as ah author, to the formidable eye of the public. Her knowledge of the very cordial regard with which Cowper has honoured me, as one of his most confidential friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.