Prose Works Of Abraham Cowley


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This book provides a collection of Abraham Cowley's essays in prose and verse. The works cover a wide range of topics, from love and friendship to politics and religion. Cowley's writing is engaging and full of wit, making this collection an essential read for fans of his work. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Cowley's Essays


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Cowley's Essays by Abraham Cowley is a collection of beautiful poems and paragraphs about various topics such as liberty, solitude, and obscurity. Excerpt: "Nunquam minus solus, quam cum solis," is now become a very vulgar saying. Every man and almost every boy for these seventeen hundred years has had it in his mouth. But it was at first spoken by the excellent Scipio, who was without question a most worthy, most happy, and the greatest of all mankind."










The Essays and Other Prose Writings of Abraham Cowley


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A scholarly edition of works by Abraham Cowley. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.