The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volum 1John Sharpe, 1809 |
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... Lord Falkland , for his safe Return from the Northern Expedition against the Scots On the Death of Sir Henry Wootton 31 33 ........ 34 36 On the Death of Mr. Jordan , Second Master at Westminster School .... .... On his Majesty's Return ...
... Lord Falkland , for his safe Return from the Northern Expedition against the Scots On the Death of Sir Henry Wootton 31 33 ........ 34 36 On the Death of Mr. Jordan , Second Master at Westminster School .... .... On his Majesty's Return ...
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... Lord Broghill's ...... 97 Ode . Mr. Cowley's Book presenting itself to the Uni- versity Library of Oxford 101 Ode . Sitting and drinking in the Chair made out of the Relicks of Sir Francis Drake's Ship Upon the Death of the Earl of ...
... Lord Broghill's ...... 97 Ode . Mr. Cowley's Book presenting itself to the Uni- versity Library of Oxford 101 Ode . Sitting and drinking in the Chair made out of the Relicks of Sir Francis Drake's Ship Upon the Death of the Earl of ...
Pàgina vi
... his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of lord Falkland , vi COWLEY .
... his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of lord Falkland , vi COWLEY .
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... lord Jermyn , afterwards earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
... lord Jermyn , afterwards earl of St. Albans , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in cyphering and decyphering the letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the ...
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... or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men COWLEY . ix.
... or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men COWLEY . ix.
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Pàgina 167 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Pàgina xxxi - What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole - their amplification had no limits - they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 82 - Phoebus loves, and does inspire Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect! happy thou, Dost neither age nor winter know; But when thou'st drunk, and danced, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal!) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina lxxxviii - Some that have deeper digg'd love's mine than I, Say, where his centric happiness doth 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! And as no chymic yet th...
Pàgina xxxix - On a round ball A workman that hath copies by, can lay An Europe, Afric, and an Asia, And quickly make that, which was nothing, all, So doth each tear, Which thee doth wear, A globe, yea world by that impression grow, Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world, by waters sent from thee, my heaven dissolved so.
Pàgina 27 - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own...
Pàgina xxx - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.
Pàgina 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...