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... On my Lord Croft's and my Journey into Po- land , from whence we brought 10,000l . for On Mr. Abraham Cowley's Death , and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets ......... ****** ..... 247 POEMS OF MILTON . 271 Book VII . VIII . CONTENTS . vii.
... On my Lord Croft's and my Journey into Po- land , from whence we brought 10,000l . for On Mr. Abraham Cowley's Death , and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets ......... ****** ..... 247 POEMS OF MILTON . 271 Book VII . VIII . CONTENTS . vii.
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... Land of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . H. 7 1663 . 8 Here is an errour in the designation of this comedy , which our author copied from the titlepage of the latter editions of Cowley's works ; the title of the play ...
... Land of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . H. 7 1663 . 8 Here is an errour in the designation of this comedy , which our author copied from the titlepage of the latter editions of Cowley's works ; the title of the play ...
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... did , " Twere incest , which by Nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared to travels through different countries . Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land LIFE OF COWLEY . 15.
... did , " Twere incest , which by Nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared to travels through different countries . Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land LIFE OF COWLEY . 15.
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Alexander Chalmers. Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries so unciviliz'd as those ...
Alexander Chalmers. Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries so unciviliz'd as those ...
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... land , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be named from white . It is surely by some fascination not easily surmounted , that a writer , professing to re- vive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes this ...
... land , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be named from white . It is surely by some fascination not easily surmounted , that a writer , professing to re- vive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes this ...
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