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Page 16
... because no power can compel active 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 ...
... because no power can compel active 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 ...
Page 20
... without the article , " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet , " and that , because a merry fharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . H. " favour " favour had been fhewn him , he received " 20 Cow LE Y.
... without the article , " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet , " and that , because a merry fharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . H. " favour " favour had been fhewn him , he received " 20 Cow LE Y.
Page 57
... be there . Several lights will not be feen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt , because they stand so thick i'th sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . 2 In 1 In his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every COWLEY . 57.
... be there . Several lights will not be feen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt , because they stand so thick i'th sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . 2 In 1 In his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every COWLEY . 57.
Page 77
... merely , as he makes no fcruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leifure or perfeverance only to write the third I part . part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil COWLEY . 77.
... merely , as he makes no fcruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leifure or perfeverance only to write the third I part . part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil COWLEY . 77.
Page 91
... because another had ufed it : his known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without lofs of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epi- gram of Grotius upon the death ...
... because another had ufed it : his known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without lofs of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epi- gram of Grotius upon the death ...
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Æneid againſt almoſt Anacreon anſwered appears becauſe cenfured compofitions Comus confeffed confidered converfation Cowley deferve defign defire delight diſcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffion fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure greateſt Hiftory himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf King known laft laſt Latin learning leaſt lefs Lord Lord Conway mafter Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never NIHIL numbers obfervation occafion paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft parliament perfons perhaps Philips Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſe reafon reprefented rhyme ſeems ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfity uſe verfe verfification verſes Waller whofe whoſe write