Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Oxon . ii . 209 . ' His father , Thomas Cowley , was a citizen and stationer of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great Fire , and not rebuilt . He died in Aug. 1618 , and left £ 140 apiece ...
... Oxon . ii . 209 . ' His father , Thomas Cowley , was a citizen and stationer of the parish of St. Michael at Querne , a church in Cheapside , destroyed in the Great Fire , and not rebuilt . He died in Aug. 1618 , and left £ 140 apiece ...
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... Oxon , ii . 209 . 3 Hurd's Cowley , i . 45 . * ' I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there ; for I remember , when I began to read and to ...
... Oxon , ii . 209 . 3 Hurd's Cowley , i . 45 . * ' I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there ; for I remember , when I began to read and to ...
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... Oxon . ii . 209 . 2 Hurd's Cowley , i . 6 . 3 ' Wonders are willingly told and willingly heard . ' Post , POPE , 199 . See also Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 ; John . Misc . i . 241-4 . * See Appendix A. 5 POPE , Prol . Sat. 1. 128 ...
... Oxon . ii . 209 . 2 Hurd's Cowley , i . 6 . 3 ' Wonders are willingly told and willingly heard . ' Post , POPE , 199 . See also Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 ; John . Misc . i . 241-4 . * See Appendix A. 5 POPE , Prol . Sat. 1. 128 ...
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... Oxon . ii . 210 , where it is stated that Cowley published this satire ' under the name of a Scholar of Oxford . ' ' In the first edition of this Life Dr. Johnson wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works , " but ...
... Oxon . ii . 210 , where it is stated that Cowley published this satire ' under the name of a Scholar of Oxford . ' ' In the first edition of this Life Dr. Johnson wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works , " but ...
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... to exercise any more that faculty . It is , I confess , but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man . ' Eng . Poets , vii . II . 5 Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 . the power of his enemy may , without any violation ΙΟ COWLEY.
... to exercise any more that faculty . It is , I confess , but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man . ' Eng . Poets , vii . II . 5 Fasti Oxon . ii . 210 . the power of his enemy may , without any violation ΙΟ COWLEY.
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