LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
... given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
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... given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was ...
... given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was ...
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... given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have inserted something , suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this ...
... given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have inserted something , suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this ...
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... given by Dr. Birch , he appears among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour ...
... given by Dr. Birch , he appears among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour ...
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... given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , hav- ing retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
... given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , hav- ing retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
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