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... though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy its of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds 2 COWLEY .
... though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy its of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds 2 COWLEY .
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... kind the meta- physical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
... kind the meta- physical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
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... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
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... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
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