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If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their ...
If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their ...
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COWLEY In tears I'll waste these eyes , By Love so vainly fed ; So lust of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY All arm'd in brass the richest dress of war ( A dismal glorious sight ) , he shone afar . The sun himself started with sudden ...
COWLEY In tears I'll waste these eyes , By Love so vainly fed ; So lust of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY All arm'd in brass the richest dress of war ( A dismal glorious sight ) , he shone afar . The sun himself started with sudden ...
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I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they ... in which however they differ widely ; for Cowley supposes them commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ...
I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they ... in which however they differ widely ; for Cowley supposes them commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ...
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