14. author who published his works. Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, published Cowley's works in 1688.
18. face. Appearance. Cf. Shakespeare, Tempest, 1. ii. 104, 'The outward face of royalty.'
great Vulgar. Cowley concludes his Sixth Essay, Of Greatness, with a translation of Horace, Book III, Ode i, commencing:
Hence, ye profane, I hate ye all,
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
25. lately mentioned. In Steele's last paper, Spectator 109, p. 26, 1. 29.
26. point. Appoint. Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet xiv. 6:
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind.
Page 44.
2. being. Existence, state of being. Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet lxxxi. II:
Tongues to be your being shall rehearse.