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... appears to have confidered as in- jurious to his reputation ; though , during the fuppreflion of the theatres , it was fometimes privately acted with fufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now mafter of arts , he was , by the ...
... appears to have confidered as in- jurious to his reputation ; though , during the fuppreflion of the theatres , it was fometimes privately acted with fufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now mafter of arts , he was , by the ...
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... appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the dream of a fhadow . " It is furely not difficult , in the folitude of a college ...
... appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the dream of a fhadow . " It is furely not difficult , in the folitude of a college ...
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... obedience . He may engage to do nothing , but not to do ill . There is reason to think that Cowley pro- mifed little . It does not appear that his com- compliance gained him confidence enough to be trufted without fecurity 16 COWLEY .
... obedience . He may engage to do nothing , but not to do ill . There is reason to think that Cowley pro- mifed little . It does not appear that his com- compliance gained him confidence enough to be trufted without fecurity 16 COWLEY .
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... appears busy among the experimental phi- lofophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for fuppofing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed fomething to the ho- nour of his country ...
... appears busy among the experimental phi- lofophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for fuppofing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed fomething to the ho- nour of his country ...
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... through all their diftreffes , " he should chufe " the time of their restoration to begin a " quarrel with them . " It appears , however , C 3 from from the Theatrical Register of Downes the Prompter , to COWL E Y. 21.
... through all their diftreffes , " he should chufe " the time of their restoration to begin a " quarrel with them . " It appears , however , C 3 from from the Theatrical Register of Downes the Prompter , to COWL E Y. 21.
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