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The Life Of Cowley, Notwithstanding The Penury Of English Biography, Has
Been Written By Dr. Sprat, An Author Whose Pregnancy Of Imagination
And Elegance Of Language Have Deservedly Set Him High In The Ranks Of
Literature; But His Zeal Of Friendship, Or Ambition Of Eloquence, Has
Produced A Funeral Oration Rather Than A History: He Has Given The
Character, Not The Life, Of Cowley; For He Writes With So Little Detail,
That Scarcely Any Thing Is Distinctly Known, But All Is Shown Confused
And Enlarged Through The Mist Of Panegyrick.
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