The Poetry of Abraham CowleyMacmillan, 1979 - 162 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 15
Page 4
... authority , and good opin- ion we have , of him that hath said it ; then is the speaker , or person we believe in , or trust in , and whose word we take , the object of our faith ; and the honour done in believing , is done to him only ...
... authority , and good opin- ion we have , of him that hath said it ; then is the speaker , or person we believe in , or trust in , and whose word we take , the object of our faith ; and the honour done in believing , is done to him only ...
Page 85
... authority , and particularly about the consequences of the abuse of power . Moab's initial request to David invites such a statement : And pray , kind Guest , whilst we ride thus ( says he ) ( To gameful Nebo still three leagues there ...
... authority , and particularly about the consequences of the abuse of power . Moab's initial request to David invites such a statement : And pray , kind Guest , whilst we ride thus ( says he ) ( To gameful Nebo still three leagues there ...
Page 87
... authority . These matters were obviously of immediate political relevance , as were the terms of Cowley's discussion . John Cleveland , for example , described the rightful monarch as ' carry- ing Gods stamp and mark among men ' . " But ...
... authority . These matters were obviously of immediate political relevance , as were the terms of Cowley's discussion . John Cleveland , for example , described the rightful monarch as ' carry- ing Gods stamp and mark among men ' . " But ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Cowley Aeneid argued argument assert Bacon Beaumont Book Cambridge ceremonial Civil concept concors context Countess of Denbigh Cowley's Davideis Descartes described discourse divine Donne Donne's double bind edition elegy emphasis English epic Essays Eternity example faith Falkland footnote frame of reference Francis Bacon Gregory Hobbes Hobbes's hope human imagery images intellectual Jonson Joseph Beaumont kind King Leviathan lines literary locutionary truth lover lyric ment metaphor Metaphysical Metaphysical Poetry Milton mind Mistress mixt wit mode monarchy monody motion Muse nature numbers Ovid paradox person propounding Peterhouse Philosophy Pindaric Pindaric ode poem poetic poetry poets political Prophet propositional truth Puritan reader reinvents Renaissance rhetoric rhyme Richard Crashaw ritual sacred Samuel Saul seems sense Seventeenth-Century Sprat stanza statement style thee theological things Thomas Hobbes Thomas Sprat Thou thought tion tone traditional trans Tyrant verse volumes Oxford words writing wrote