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... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge * , where he continued his ftudies ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge * , where he continued his ftudies ...
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... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but feldom natural ; they are not obvi- ous , but neither are they juft ; and the rea- der , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently ...
... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but feldom natural ; they are not obvi- ous , but neither are they juft ; and the rea- der , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I be- lieve , borrowed from Marino and his follow- ers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extensive and va- rious knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe , manner refembled that of ...
... kind of writing , which was , I be- lieve , borrowed from Marino and his follow- ers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extensive and va- rious knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe , manner refembled that of ...
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... kind than any other of Cow- ley's works . The diction fhews nothing of the mould of time , and the fentments are at no great distance from our prefent habitudes of of thought . Real mirth must be always na- tural 62 COWLEY .
... kind than any other of Cow- ley's works . The diction fhews nothing of the mould of time , and the fentments are at no great distance from our prefent habitudes of of thought . Real mirth must be always na- tural 62 COWLEY .
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... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatesft in the fa- miliar and the feftive . The next clafs of his poems is called The Miftrefs , of which it is not neceffary to select any any particular pieces for ...
... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatesft in the fa- miliar and the feftive . The next clafs of his poems is called The Miftrefs , of which it is not neceffary to select any any particular pieces for ...
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