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... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though during the suppression of the theatres , it was ... appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have ...
... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though during the suppression of the theatres , it was ... appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have ...
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... appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted with- out security , for the bond of his ... appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing ...
... appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted with- out security , for the bond of his ... appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing ...
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... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . COWLEY . THE POETICAL EFFECTS OF A LOVER'S NAME UPON ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair , and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . r COWLEY . UPON A PAPER ...
... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . COWLEY . THE POETICAL EFFECTS OF A LOVER'S NAME UPON ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair , and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . r COWLEY . UPON A PAPER ...
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... appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there . Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing ... appears in his agility ; his vola- tility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His ...
... appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there . Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing ... appears in his agility ; his vola- tility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His ...
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... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck- noe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol . lect much other notice ...
... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck- noe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol . lect much other notice ...
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