Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to ...
... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to ...
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... Cowley that Wit , which had been till then used for Intellection , in contradistinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now [ 1779 ] bears . Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts ...
... Cowley that Wit , which had been till then used for Intellection , in contradistinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now [ 1779 ] bears . Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts ...
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... Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both exhibit the agency of celestial and infernal spirits ; in which , however , they differ widely , for Cowley supposes them commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ; Tasso ...
... Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both exhibit the agency of celestial and infernal spirits ; in which , however , they differ widely , for Cowley supposes them commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ; Tasso ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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