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... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
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... given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not ...
... given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not ...
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... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the ...
... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the ...
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... given rather a pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
... given rather a pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
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... given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments ...
... given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments ...
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