The essays of Abraham Cowley
By: With life by the editor. Notes, and illustrations by Dr. Hurd, and others.
Contributors: Friswell, J. Hain 1825-1878, ed.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: The Bayard series
Publisher: S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Published: 1890
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Notes: Edited by J. Hain Friswell.
First edition, 1867.
Prose and verse.
Table of contents: title: Essay I. Of liberty.  II. of solitude.  III. Of obscurity.  IV. Of agriculture.  V. The garden.  VI. Of greatness.  VII. Of avarice.  VIII. The dangers of an honest man in much company.  IX. The shortness of life, and uncertainty of riches.  X. The danger of procrastination.  XI. Of myself.  XII. A discourse, by way of vision, concerning the government of Oliver Cromwell.