The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volumen1John Sharpe, 1809 |
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... learned puerilities of 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 ...
... learned puerilities of 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 ...
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... not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now COWLEY .
... not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now COWLEY .
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In Prose and Verse Abraham Cowley Richard Hurd. of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . At the beginning of the civil war , as the prince passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a ...
In Prose and Verse Abraham Cowley Richard Hurd. of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . At the beginning of the civil war , as the prince passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a ...
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... learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be exa- mined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of re- flection and comparison ...
... learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be exa- mined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of re- flection and comparison ...
Página xxxiii
... the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . VOL . I. D Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' COWLEY . xxxiii.
... the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . VOL . I. D Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' COWLEY . xxxiii.
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Términos y frases comunes
Æneid Anacreon beauteous beauty birds play blessings blest breast bright CATULLUS colours Cowley Cowley's curse Davideis death delight didst divine Donne dost thou doth drink e'er earth ev'n fair fame fancy fantastick fate fire flame ganon gentle glory gold Gondibert grow hand happy hast heart heaven honour images Ismenus join'd KATHARINE PHILIPS king labour land land arts learned Lesbos less light live Lord lord Falkland lover metaphysical poets methinks mighty mind mistress Muse Nature ne'er never night noble numbers o'er once Orinda Pindar poem poesy poet poetical poetry praise Prince rage reign rich sacred sad cypress Sappho shew shine sing soul spirit Sprat stars sure thee thine things thou dost thought truth verse virtue Whilst WILLIAM DAVENANT wind wine wise wonders write
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Página ii - ... relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and, perhaps, sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is com.monly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Página 167 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Página lii - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Página xxviii - ... a combination of dissimilar images or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus denned, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together...
Página 61 - If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts ; The letters, embassies, and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries (Numberless, nameless, mysteries...
Página 28 - Women love't, either in Love or Dress. A thousand different shapes it bears, Comely in thousand shapes appears. Yonder we saw it plain ; and here 'tis now, Like Spirits in a Place, we know not How.
Página 166 - And bade to form her infant mind. Stern, rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore ; What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others...
Página lxxxix - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página lxxx - Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red; An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure...
Página 81 - Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice. Man for thee does sow and plough ; Farmer he, and landlord thou ! Thou dost innocently joy ; Nor does thy luxury destroy.