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... tion , while his election in 1892 to an honorary fellowship of his old college gave him very great pleasure . With quickened life and a ready access to books , which the Bodleian afforded , his power of work increased . Though the ...
... tion , while his election in 1892 to an honorary fellowship of his old college gave him very great pleasure . With quickened life and a ready access to books , which the Bodleian afforded , his power of work increased . Though the ...
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... tion of State Treatises , never before publish'd . Faithfully collected from their Originals by Mr. T. Brown . 1702. One of Cowley's letters bears date Sept. 13 , 1653 , p . 158 . Ib . p . 130 . display of scholarship ; but the manners ...
... tion of State Treatises , never before publish'd . Faithfully collected from their Originals by Mr. T. Brown . 1702. One of Cowley's letters bears date Sept. 13 , 1653 , p . 158 . Ib . p . 130 . display of scholarship ; but the manners ...
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... tion of May's Supplement , the English had very little to oppose . ' JOHNSON , Works , ix . 23 . For Thomas May published in 1640 Supplementum Lucani . He trans- lated also Lucan and his own Supple- mentum into English verse . his ...
... tion of May's Supplement , the English had very little to oppose . ' JOHNSON , Works , ix . 23 . For Thomas May published in 1640 Supplementum Lucani . He trans- lated also Lucan and his own Supple- mentum into English verse . his ...
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... tion is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example in the ode intituled 134 The Muse , who goes to ' take the air ' in an intellectual chariot , to which he harnesses Fancy and Judgement , Wit and ...
... tion is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example in the ode intituled 134 The Muse , who goes to ' take the air ' in an intellectual chariot , to which he harnesses Fancy and Judgement , Wit and ...
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... tion of vapours under the earth , is one of the most unphilosophical opinions in all Aristotle . ' Cowley's Works , 1674 , Davideis , p . 26. See also ib . p . 116 for thunder as ' an exhalation hot and dry . ' 3 Eng . Poets , viii ...
... tion of vapours under the earth , is one of the most unphilosophical opinions in all Aristotle . ' Cowley's Works , 1674 , Davideis , p . 26. See also ib . p . 116 for thunder as ' an exhalation hot and dry . ' 3 Eng . Poets , viii ...
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