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Page 40
... Verse.24 Composed almost a decade later are Cowley's significant verses " To Sir William Davenant . Upon his two first Books of Gondi- bert , finished before his voyage to America . " 25 Cowley met the celebrated wit while they were ...
... Verse.24 Composed almost a decade later are Cowley's significant verses " To Sir William Davenant . Upon his two first Books of Gondi- bert , finished before his voyage to America . " 25 Cowley met the celebrated wit while they were ...
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... verse and prose belong to the seventeenth - century essay tradition of Bacon , Jonson , Hall , Peach- am , Clarendon , and Boyle , their personal informality suggests a greater affinity with later writers in that genre , especially ...
... verse and prose belong to the seventeenth - century essay tradition of Bacon , Jonson , Hall , Peach- am , Clarendon , and Boyle , their personal informality suggests a greater affinity with later writers in that genre , especially ...
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... Verse and Prose , ed . Richard Hurd . 2 vols . London : T. Cadell , 1772 [ a third edition in 1777 ] . Cowley's History of Plants , a poem in six books . . . . Trans . Nahum Tate et al . London : J. Smeeton , 1795 . The Complete Works ...
... Verse and Prose , ed . Richard Hurd . 2 vols . London : T. Cadell , 1772 [ a third edition in 1777 ] . Cowley's History of Plants , a poem in six books . . . . Trans . Nahum Tate et al . London : J. Smeeton , 1795 . The Complete Works ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
The Muses Hannibal | 34 |
The great Methusalem of Love | 47 |
Copyright | |
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