Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Kings Scholler in Westminster Schoole by A. Cowley . London , 1638 . The frontispiece is a portrait of Cowley ... King . As Vice - Chancellor he ad- mitted Milton to the M.A. degree . Masson's Milton , i . 257 . 2 Cowley states ...
... Kings Scholler in Westminster Schoole by A. Cowley . London , 1638 . The frontispiece is a portrait of Cowley ... King . As Vice - Chancellor he ad- mitted Milton to the M.A. degree . Masson's Milton , i . 257 . 2 Cowley states ...
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... King , and amongst others of Lord ' It was printed in 1650 .... It was neither made nor acted , but rough - drawn only , and repeated . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 65. In the Pro- logue he says : - ' Accept our hasty zeal ; a thing that's ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord ' It was printed in 1650 .... It was neither made nor acted , but rough - drawn only , and repeated . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 65. In the Pro- logue he says : - ' Accept our hasty zeal ; a thing that's ...
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... King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence ... King's death . Masson's Milton , iii . 495 ; Clarendon's Hist . vii . 622 , 633. Cowley , in his will , described ...
... King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was his province of intelligence ... King's death . Masson's Milton , iii . 495 ; Clarendon's Hist . vii . 622 , 633. Cowley , in his will , described ...
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... King is persuaded of it ( , and all mankind but two or three mighty tender consciences about him ] . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing ( me something ) to ...
... King is persuaded of it ( , and all mankind but two or three mighty tender consciences about him ] . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing ( me something ) to ...
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... King , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by ... King's return . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 12 . 2 Sprat wrote , ' till the general re- demption . ' 3 In Cowley's ...
... King , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by ... King's return . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 12 . 2 Sprat wrote , ' till the general re- demption . ' 3 In Cowley's ...
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