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... must therefore recom- mend the perufal of his work , to which my narration can be confidered only as a flender fupplement . COWLEY , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures ...
... must therefore recom- mend the perufal of his work , to which my narration can be confidered only as a flender fupplement . COWLEY , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures ...
Page 37
... must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the fun pass through't twice a year , The fun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philofophy , are by ...
... must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the fun pass through't twice a year , The fun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philofophy , are by ...
Page 49
... must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Light and strength , dark and tir'd , must then ride post . VOL . I. E All 1 All that man has to do is to live and COWLEY . 49.
... must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Light and strength , dark and tir'd , must then ride post . VOL . I. E All 1 All that man has to do is to live and COWLEY . 49.
Page 53
... must shut them then Again by death , although fad watch he keep , Doth practise dying by a little fleep , Thou at this midnight feest me . IT must be however confeffed of thefe writers , that if they are upon common fub- jects often ...
... must shut them then Again by death , although fad watch he keep , Doth practise dying by a little fleep , Thou at this midnight feest me . IT must be however confeffed of thefe writers , that if they are upon common fub- jects often ...
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