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Pagina 5
Some years afterwards , “ business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other
hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back
into England , that “ under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
Some years afterwards , “ business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other
hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back
into England , that “ under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
Pagina 6
If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was , might free him
from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose
miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without
any ...
If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was , might free him
from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose
miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without
any ...
Pagina 20
Gently , ah gently , madam , touch The wound , which you yourself have made ;
That pain must needs be very much , Which makes me of your hand afraid .
Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of pargings grow . COWLEY . The
World ...
Gently , ah gently , madam , touch The wound , which you yourself have made ;
That pain must needs be very much , Which makes me of your hand afraid .
Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of pargings grow . COWLEY . The
World ...
Pagina 22
That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus
expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac '
d by Nature ' s hand : And I must needs , I ' m sure , a loser be , To change thee
as thou ...
That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus
expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac '
d by Nature ' s hand : And I must needs , I ' m sure , a loser be , To change thee
as thou ...
Pagina 31
... All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal
measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe ' er it be , My music ' s
voice shall bear it company ; " Till all gentle notes be drown ' d In the last trumpet '
s ...
... All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal
measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe ' er it be , My music ' s
voice shall bear it company ; " Till all gentle notes be drown ' d In the last trumpet '
s ...
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