The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... Cowley. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Page COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , 72 84 BUTLER , 183 201 211 OTWAY , 223 WALLER , 229 POMFRET , 285 DORSET , 287 STEPNEY , 291 J. PHILIPS , WALSH , DRYDEN , 294 312 315 COW . ( vii )
... Cowley. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Page COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , 72 84 BUTLER , 183 201 211 OTWAY , 223 WALLER , 229 POMFRET , 285 DORSET , 287 STEPNEY , 291 J. PHILIPS , WALSH , DRYDEN , 294 312 315 COW . ( vii )
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 138 CO W LE Y. TH HE Life of Cowley ,
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 138 CO W LE Y. TH HE Life of Cowley ,
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... Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy ... Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn ...
... Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy ... Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn ...
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... Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting fome fome things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digeftion COWLEY .
... Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting fome fome things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digeftion COWLEY .
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... Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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