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" tis not to adorn and gild each part; That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there, Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand... "
Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Two Volumes: with a Preface and Notes by ... - Page 111
by Abraham Cowley - 1777
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The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated ...

Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...Towns or Houfes rais'd by Poetry, Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each Part •,. That fhows more Coii than Art. Jewels at Nofe and Lips but ill appear •, Rather than all Thing Wit, let none be there. Several Lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 384 pages
...eeas'd ; and now we fee No towns or houfes rais'd by poetry. Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part ; That mows more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips...will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo thick i' th' iky, If thofe be ftars which paint the Galaxy. Tis not...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 378 pages
...now we fee No towns or houfes rais'd by poetry. Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part ; That fhows more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...will not be feen, ' If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufc they ftand fo thick i' th' fky, If thofe be ftars which paint the Galaxy. *Tis not...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...which Cowley eon.dcmns exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, • .That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...let none be there. ... Several lights will not be (een, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they Hand £b thick .'•-. :: i'th'fky.j...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...iu which Gowley condemns exuberance of Wit ; 57 Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo thick i'th' flty, If thofe be ftars which paint the galaxy. In his...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...Cowley condemns exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more cofl than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ;...will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they fland fo thick i'th' iky, If thofe be flars which paint the galaxy. ( • In...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...in which Cowley condemns exuberance of Wit: 55 Yet *t» not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be fccn, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo thick i**th* fky, If thofe...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...that in which Cowley condems exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo thick i'tli* fky, If thole be ftars which paint the galaxy. In his...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...Cowley condems exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhe\vs more coil than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear; Rather than all things witf let none be there. Several lights will not be feers, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 7

English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...now we fee No towns or houfes rais'd by poetry. Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part ; That fhows more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill...will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo thick i' th' fky, If thofe be ftars which paint the Galaxy. 'Tis not...
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