Cowley's Essays
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About This Book
First published in 1923, as the second edition of an 1887 original, this book presents a selection of Cowley's essays. A critical introduction and detailed textual notes are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Cowley and his prose writings.
Chapters (43)
- ESSAYS
- INTRODUCTION.
- OF LIBERTY.
- Martial. Lib. 2. Vota tui breviter, etc.
- Martial. Lib. 2. Vis fieri Liber, etc.
- Martial. L. 2. Quod to nomine? etc.
- Ode UPON LIBERTY.
- OF SOLITUDE.
- OF OBSCURITY.
- OF AGRICULTURE.
- Virg. Georg.
- Horat. Epodon.
- THE COUNTRY MOUSE.
- HORACE TO FUSCUS ARISTIUS.
- THE COUNTRY LIFE.
- THE GARDEN
- OF GREATNESS.
- Horace. Lib. 3. Ode 1.
- OF AVARICE.
- A Paraphrase on an Ode in Horace’s Third Book, beginning thus:—
- THE DANGERS OF AN HONEST MAN IN MUCH COMPANY.
- CLAUDIAN’S OLD MAN OF VERONA.
- THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE AND UNCERTAINTY OF RICHES.
- THE DANGER OF PROCRASTINATION.
- Mart. Lib. 5, Ep. 59.
- Mart. Lib. 2, Ep. 90.
- OF MYSELF.
- Martial, Lib. 10, Ep. 47.
- Martial, Lib. 10. Ep. 96.
- EPITAPHIUM VIVI AUCTOIRIS.
- EPITAPH OF THE LIVING AUTHOR.
- A FEW NOTES.
- p. 12
- p. 45
- p. 56
- p. 64
- p. 103
- p. 119
- p. 136
- p. 149
- p. 161
- p. 169
- p. 176
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