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... COWLEY . • THE. COWLEY DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS CONTENTS . Page 1 CONGREVE 21 BLACKMORE 24 FENTON · 53 GAY • 59 GRANVILLE 61 YALDEN 64 TICKELL 67 HAMMOND · 83 SOMERVILE · ib ...
... COWLEY . • THE. COWLEY DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS CONTENTS . Page 1 CONGREVE 21 BLACKMORE 24 FENTON · 53 GAY • 59 GRANVILLE 61 YALDEN 64 TICKELL 67 HAMMOND · 83 SOMERVILE · ib ...
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... CoWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg ... Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shown con- fused ...
... CoWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg ... Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shown con- fused ...
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... Cowley's minority . elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the ...
... Cowley's minority . elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falk- land , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the ...
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... Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian Lots , * and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . * Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir ...
... Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian Lots , * and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . * Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir ...
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... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a This is no favourable representation ...
... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a This is no favourable representation ...
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