The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - 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 panegyric . 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 panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
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... himself the la- bour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to 2 COWLEY .
... himself the la- bour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to 2 COWLEY .
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... 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 Virgil , and applying to the circumstances of the peruser the first passage in either of ...
... 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 Virgil , and applying to the circumstances of the peruser the first passage in either of ...
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... given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a pre- face , in which he seems to have inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was in- terpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this ...
... given by Dr. Scarborough . This year he published his poems , with a pre- face , in which he seems to have inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was in- terpreted to denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this ...
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... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
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