The essays and other prose writings [of] Abraham Cowley

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The essays and other prose writings [of] Abraham Cowley

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Clarendon Press
Language
English
Pages
375

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Table of Contents

Editor's introduction.
The preface to the poems, 1656.
Preface to the Pindarique odes.
A proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy.
A vision concerning Oliver Cromwell.
Preface to 'Cutter of Coleman street.'
Several discourses by way of essays, in verse and prose: 1. Of liberty. 2. Of solitude. 3. Of obscurity. 4. Of agriculture. 5. The garden. 6. Of greatness. 7. Of avarice. 8. The dangers of an honest man in much company. 9. The shortness of life and uncertainty of riches. 10. The danger of procrastination. 11. Of my self.
Editor's notes.
Index.

Edition Notes

Cover-title: Cowley essays.

Notes: p. [225]-367.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 1992. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Oxford

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xxx pages, 375 pages
Number of pages
375

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Open Library
OL52856643M
OCLC/WorldCat
30471089

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