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Page 11
... grow tedious . His retreat was at first but slenderly accommodated ; yet he soon obtained , by the interest of the earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the queen's lands , as af- forded him an ample income ...
... grow tedious . His retreat was at first but slenderly accommodated ; yet he soon obtained , by the interest of the earl of St. Alban's and the duke of Buckingham , such a lease of the queen's lands , as af- forded him an ample income ...
Page 19
... grow . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior world's fantastic face COWLEY . Through all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - set clock in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of ...
... grow . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior world's fantastic face COWLEY . Through all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - set clock in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of ...
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... Rather to hide than own the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than so ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs and injuries to do , Lest men should think we owe . It is hard to conceive that a man of the LIFE OF COWLEY . 27.
... Rather to hide than own the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than so ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs and injuries to do , Lest men should think we owe . It is hard to conceive that a man of the LIFE OF COWLEY . 27.
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... grow ripe and fall ; Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest piece cut out , a scarfe is made . This is a just specimen of Cowley's imagery : what might in general expressions be great and forcible , he weakens and makes ...
... grow ripe and fall ; Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest piece cut out , a scarfe is made . This is a just specimen of Cowley's imagery : what might in general expressions be great and forcible , he weakens and makes ...
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... grown : Her heart , her mind , her love , is his alone . Whilst thoughts ' gainst thoughts rise up in mu- tiny , She took ... grow , Here stay , my Muse ; for if I should recite Her mournful language , I should make you weep Like her , a ...
... grown : Her heart , her mind , her love , is his alone . Whilst thoughts ' gainst thoughts rise up in mu- tiny , She took ... grow , Here stay , my Muse ; for if I should recite Her mournful language , I should make you weep Like her , a ...
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