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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 represents ...
... 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 represents ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote