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Pagina 31
... told of Theron's bounty , with a hint that he had enemies , which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than ...
... told of Theron's bounty , with a hint that he had enemies , which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than ...
Pagina 36
... told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an opportunity of describing hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth ...
... told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an opportunity of describing hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth ...
Pagina 38
... told , and been dismissed to im- prove the idea in our different proportions of conception ; but Cowley could not let us go till he had related where Gabriel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarf ...
... told , and been dismissed to im- prove the idea in our different proportions of conception ; but Cowley could not let us go till he had related where Gabriel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarf ...
Pagina 41
... lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! COWLEY . And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , COWLEY . 41.
... lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! COWLEY . And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , COWLEY . 41.
Pagina 62
... told by Manso , that , by his declarations on religious questions , he had excluded himself from some distinctions which he should otherwise have paid him . But such conduct , though it did not please , was yet sufficiently safe ; and ...
... told by Manso , that , by his declarations on religious questions , he had excluded himself from some distinctions which he should otherwise have paid him . But such conduct , though it did not please , was yet sufficiently safe ; and ...
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