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Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather
plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate
operations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley turned into Poetry .
Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather
plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate
operations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley turned into Poetry .
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The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to thew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to thew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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