Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 1Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1896 |
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... Cowley , first in Latin , as a prelude to Cowley's Latin Poems published in 1668 , and subsequently in English to ac- company the English works in 1669. The latter version was enlarged . 2 Sprat says : " His Parents were Citizens of a ...
... Cowley , first in Latin , as a prelude to Cowley's Latin Poems published in 1668 , and subsequently in English to ac- company the English works in 1669. The latter version was enlarged . 2 Sprat says : " His Parents were Citizens of a ...
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... Cowley's minority . 12 In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , " where he continued his studies with great ... Cowley did not enter Trinity , Cambridge , till June 14 , 1637 , when he was " chosen and admitted scholler by the King's ...
... Cowley's minority . 12 In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , " where he continued his studies with great ... Cowley did not enter Trinity , Cambridge , till June 14 , 1637 , when he was " chosen and admitted scholler by the King's ...
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... Cowley's Collected Works , seems to be un- aware that the original edition bore Cowley's name on the title - page . 18 In 1646. It was at this time that he introduced his friend Crashaw to the Queen . 19 Cowley , having written an elegy ...
... Cowley's Collected Works , seems to be un- aware that the original edition bore Cowley's name on the title - page . 18 In 1646. It was at this time that he introduced his friend Crashaw to the Queen . 19 Cowley , having written an elegy ...
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... and mentions that he has burnt everything he had written of an inflammatory character . Dr. Grosart reprinted the page in his Introduction to Cowley's Collected Works ( 1881 ) . VOL . I. C 66 " ill - will of some of his friends COWLEY 17.
... and mentions that he has burnt everything he had written of an inflammatory character . Dr. Grosart reprinted the page in his Introduction to Cowley's Collected Works ( 1881 ) . VOL . I. C 66 " ill - will of some of his friends COWLEY 17.
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... Cowley died on July 28 , 1667 . " Went to 42 On August 3. Cf. Evelyn's Diary of that date . Mr. Cowley's funeral , whose corpse lay at Wallingford House , and was thence conveyed to Westminster Abbey in a hearse with six horses and all ...
... Cowley died on July 28 , 1667 . " Went to 42 On August 3. Cf. Evelyn's Diary of that date . Mr. Cowley's funeral , whose corpse lay at Wallingford House , and was thence conveyed to Westminster Abbey in a hearse with six horses and all ...
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