Excerpt from Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley, Vol. 1 of 2 But the talents, by which he is diftinguifhed, as a polite writer, are the leaf'r of his praife. There is fomething in him, which pleafes above his wit, and in fpite of it. It is that moral air, and tender fen fibility of mind, which every one perceives and loves in reading Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.