William Cowper Quote
When poets talk of cottages and hermitages, and such like matters, they mean a house with six sashes in front, two comfortable parlours, a smart staircase and three bed-chambers of convenient dimensions; in short, exactly such a house as this.
Letter to Lady Hesketh, 26 November 1786
Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper vol. 2 (1981)
