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... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
Page 27
... sufficiently at ease that could attend to such mi- nuteness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not so much to move the affections , as to exercise the under- standing . The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such ...
... sufficiently at ease that could attend to such mi- nuteness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not so much to move the affections , as to exercise the under- standing . The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such ...
Page 30
... sufficiently evince . Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : she " plays round the head , but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy , produce no correspondence ...
... sufficiently evince . Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : she " plays round the head , but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy , produce no correspondence ...
Page 35
... sufficient for the purposes of religion , seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the power of human genius to dignify . The miracle of ...
... sufficient for the purposes of religion , seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the power of human genius to dignify . The miracle of ...
Page 40
... sufficiently discernible . Cowley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to describe by negatives : for he tells us only what there is not in heaven . Tasso endeavours to represent the splendours and pleasures of the regions ...
... sufficiently discernible . Cowley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to describe by negatives : for he tells us only what there is not in heaven . Tasso endeavours to represent the splendours and pleasures of the regions ...
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