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... . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remembered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain 1 certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called COWLEY .
... . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remembered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain 1 certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called COWLEY .
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... mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the firft fondness for his art excited by the perufal of Richardfon's treatife . By ...
... mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the firft fondness for his art excited by the perufal of Richardfon's treatife . By ...
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... minds feems fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year * ; containing , with other poetical com- pofitions , " The ...
... minds feems fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year * ; containing , with other poetical com- pofitions , " The ...
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... mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his fettlement at Cam- bridge he published " Love's Riddle , " with He was a candidate this year at Westminster school for election to Trinity College , but proved unfuccefs ...
... mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his fettlement at Cam- bridge he published " Love's Riddle , " with He was a candidate this year at Westminster school for election to Trinity College , but proved unfuccefs ...
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... down to fuppofe himself charged with treafon or pecu- lation , and heats his mind to an elaborate pur- gation of his character from crimes which he was was never within the poffibility of commit- ting , differs COWL E Y. 9.
... down to fuppofe himself charged with treafon or pecu- lation , and heats his mind to an elaborate pur- gation of his character from crimes which he was was never within the poffibility of commit- ting , differs COWL E Y. 9.
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