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Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley - Page 100
by Abraham Cowley - 1772
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Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, Volume 2

Titus Lucretius Carus - 1714 - 456 pages
...Husbatidman.fa; s our excellent Cow ley, is but a Retreat; from the City, to be a Philofopher apart from the World ; or rather, a Retreat from the World, as it is Man's, into the World, as it God's. There is no. other fort of Life, that affords fo, LU ะก RETIU S. Theih fome began to GRAFT ;...
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Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Two Volumes, Volume 2

Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 pages
...defired to be ho richer โ€” ''",' " O fortunatus minium, & bona qui iu^ novit !" To be a hufbandman, is but a retreat from the city ; to be a philofopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the worid, as it is man's, iato the world, as ic is God's. But, fince nature denies to moft men the capacity...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 pages
...man who defired to be no richer โ€” " O fortunatus nimium, & bona qui fua novit!" To be a hufbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philofopher,...moft men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows hut to a very few the op.portunities or poffibility, of apply ing themfelves wholly to philofophy,...
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Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...man, and a man -who defired to be no " tD fortuna'.us nimium, & bona qui fun nou't !'' I hufbandman, is but a retreat from the city ;to be a philofopher, from the world; n-, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it rs God's.) race nature denies to...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...nimium, et bona qui sua novit. To be a husbandman is but a retreat from the city ; to be a philosopher, from the world ; or rather, a retreat from the world,...as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But since nature denies to most men. the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...nimium, tt bona qui sua novit. To be a husbandman is but a retreat from the city ; to be a philosopher, from the world ; or rather, a retreat from the world,...as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...nimium, & bona qui sua novit!" To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world ; or rather, a, retreat from the world,...it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But, since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...nimium, & bona qui sua novit!" To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world ; or rather, a retreat from the world,...it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But, since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 284 pages
...rich man, and a man who desired to be no richer โ€” " O fortunatus illmium, & bona qui sua novit!" retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But, since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city ; to be a philosopher, from the world ; or raiher, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But, since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...
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