Essays (Cowley)

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Essays (Cowley)
by Abraham Cowley
Compilation of essays by Cowley, with Introduction and Notes by Henry Morley (1822–1894).


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Martial. Lib. 2. Vota tui breviter, etc.
Martial. Lib. 2. Vis fieri Liber, etc.
Martial. Lib. 2. Quod to nomine? etc.
Ode Upon Liberty
Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good!
Seneca, ex Thyeste, Act 2. Chor.
Virg. Georg.--O fortunatus nimium, etc.
Horat. Epodon. Beatus ille qui procul, etc.
The Country Mouse
Horace To Fuscus Aristius.
The Country Life
Happy art thou whom God does bless
Horace. Lib. 3. Ode 1. Odi profanum vulgus, etc.
I admire, Maecenas, how it comes to pass,
"Inclusam Danaen turris ahenea."
Claudian's Old Man of Verona.
Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit,
Mart. Lib. 5, Ep. 59.
Mart. Lib. 2, Ep. 90.
Martial, Lib. 10, Ep. 47.
Martial, Lib. 10. Ep. 96.