The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... TH HE Life of 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 )
... TH HE Life of 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 )
Pàgina 5
... first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnfon wrote , “ which was never inferted in any collection of his works ; " but he al- tered the expreffion when the lives were collected into volumes . The fatire was added to Cowley's works by the ...
... first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnfon wrote , “ which was never inferted in any collection of his works ; " but he al- tered the expreffion when the lives were collected into volumes . The fatire was added to Cowley's works by the ...
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... First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall cease , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall ...
... First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall cease , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall ...
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... first and fe- cond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in va- rious measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees , in heroick numbers . At the fame time were ...
... first and fe- cond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in va- rious measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees , in heroick numbers . At the fame time were ...
Pàgina 14
... first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when " they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn " him , he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not " with fo much firmnefs as might have been ex- " pected from fo great a ...
... first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when " they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn " him , he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not " with fo much firmnefs as might have been ex- " pected from fo great a ...
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