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... Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ...
... Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ...
Pagina 4
... Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ... Cowley's Works by the particular di rection of Dr. Johnson . - N . in such correspondence as the royal cause required ...
... Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ... Cowley's Works by the particular di rection of Dr. Johnson . - N . in such correspondence as the royal cause required ...
Pagina 5
... Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , what- ever he may talk of his own ... Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow , " Barnesii Anacreontem . - Dr . J. It ...
... Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , what- ever he may talk of his own ... Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow , " Barnesii Anacreontem . - Dr . J. It ...
Pagina 6
... agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; COWLEY .
... agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; COWLEY .
Pagina 7
... Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Vir- gilian Lots , and to have 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 ...
... Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Vir- gilian Lots , and to have 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 ...
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