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samuel johnson main text: There is reason to think that Cowley prom-ised little. It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security, for the bond of his bail was never cancelled; nor that it made him think him-self secure, for at that dissolution of government, which followed the death of Oliver’s, he re turned into France, where he resumed his for-mer station, and staid till the Restoration.’He continued,’ says his biographer, ‘under these bonds till the general deliverance’; it is therefore to be supposed, that he did not go to France, and act again for the King, without the consent of his bondsman: that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend, but by his friend’s permission.Of the verses on Oliver’s death, in which Wood’s narrative seems to imply something en-comiastick, there has been no appearance. There is a discourse concerning his government, indeed, with verses intermixed, but such as certainly gained its author no friends among the abettors of 3 usurpation. A doctor of physick, however, he was made at Oxford, in December 1657; and in the com-mencement of the Royal Society, of which an account has been published by Dr. Birch¹6, he appears busy among the experimental philoso-phers with the title of Doctor Cowley.There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his country. Considering Botany as necessary to a physician, he retired into Kent to gather plants; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect, Botany in the mind of Cowley turned into po-etry. He composed in Latin several books on Plants, of which the first and second display the qualities of Herbs, in elegiac verse; the third and fourth, the beauties of flowers in various meas-ures; and in the fifth and sixth, the uses of Trees in heroick numbers.At the same time were produced from the same university, the two great Poets, Cowley and Milton, of dissimilar genius, of opposite principles; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry, in which the English, till their works and May’s poem appeared, seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the let-tered nations.If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared, for May I hold to be supe-rior to both, the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley, Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their lan-guage; Cowley, without much loss of purity or elegance, accommodates the diction of Rome to his own conceptions.At the Restoration, after all the diligence of his long service, and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity, but of the dignity of great abilities, he naturally expected ample preferments; and, that he might not be forgotten by his own fault, wrote a Song of Triumph. But this was a time of such general hope, that great numbers were inevitably disappointed; and Cowley found his Translation in Bangla: There is reason to think = মনে করার যথেষ্ট কারণ আছে that Cowley promised little. = যে কাউলি খুব সামান্যই প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলেন। It does not appear = এমন কোনো প্রমাণ পাওয়া যায় না that his compliance = যে তাঁর এই সমঝোতা gained him confidence enough = তাঁকে এতটা বিশ্বাসযোগ্য করে তুলেছিল to be trusted without security, = যাতে জামিন ছাড়াই তাঁর ওপর ভরসা করা হতো, for the bond of his bail = কারণ তাঁর জামিনের বন্ড was never cancelled; = কখনো বাতিল করা হয়নি; nor that it made him think himself secure, = আবার এটাও নয় যে, এর ফলে তিনি নিজেকে নিরাপদ মনে করেছিলেন, for at that dissolution of government = কারণ সেই সরকারের পতনের সময়, which followed the death of Oliver, = যা অলিভারের মৃত্যুর পর ঘটেছিল, he returned into France, = তিনি আবার ফ্রান্সে ফিরে যান, where he resumed his former station, = সেখানে তিনি তাঁর আগের পদে পুনরায় যোগ দেন, and staid till the Restoration. = এবং রাজতন্ত্র পুনঃপ্রতিষ্ঠিত হওয়া পর্যন্ত সেখানেই থাকেন। “He continued,” says his biographer, = তাঁর জীবনীকার বলেন, “তিনি থেকে গিয়েছিলেন “under these bonds = এই জামিনের বাধ্যবাধকতার অধীনেই till the general deliverance;” = সাধারণ মুক্তি না আসা পর্যন্ত।” it is therefore to be supposed, = তাই ধরে নেওয়া যায়, that he did not go to France = তিনি ফ্রান্সে যাননি and act again for the King, = এবং আবার রাজার হয়ে কাজ করেননি, without the consent of his bondsman: = তাঁর জামিনদাতার সম্মতি ছাড়া; that he did not shew his loyalty = অর্থাৎ তিনি তাঁর আনুগত্য প্রদর্শন করেননি at the hazard of his friend, = বন্ধুকে বিপদের মুখে ফেলে, but by his friend’s permission. = বরং বন্ধুর অনুমতি নিয়েই করেছিলেন।Of the verses on Oliver’s death, = অলিভারের মৃত্যুর ওপর লেখা কবিতাগুলোর মধ্যে, in which Wood’s narrative = যেগুলোর ব্যাপারে উডের বর্ণনা seems to imply = যেন ইঙ্গিত করে something encomiastick, = যে সেখানে প্রশংসাসূচক কিছু ছিল, there has been no appearance. = তার কোনো প্রমাণ পাওয়া যায়নি। There is a discourse = তবে একটি আলোচনা-গ্রন্থ আছে, concerning his government, indeed, = যা তাঁর শাসনব্যবস্থা নিয়ে রচিত, with verses intermixed, = এবং যার মধ্যে কিছু কবিতাও সংযোজিত আছে, but such as certainly gained = কিন্তু সেগুলো নিশ্চয়ই its author no friends = লেখকের জন্য কোনো বন্ধু অর্জন করেনি among the abettors of usurpation. = ক্ষমতা দখলকারীদের সমর্থকদের মধ্যে। A doctor of physick, however, = তবে চিকিৎসাবিদ্যায় ডক্টর উপাধি he was made = তিনি লাভ করেন at Oxford, = অক্সফোর্ডে, in December 1657; = ১৬৫৭ সালের ডিসেম্বর মাসে; and in the commencement = এবং প্রতিষ্ঠার প্রারম্ভিক সময়ে of the Royal Society, = রয়্যাল সোসাইটির, of which an account = যার একটি বিবরণ has been published = প্রকাশ করেছেন by Dr. Birch, = ডক্টর বার্চ, he appears busy = সেখানে তাঁকে সক্রিয় দেখা যায় among the experimental philosophers = পরীক্ষামূলক বিজ্ঞানীদের মধ্যে, with the title of Doctor Cowley. = “ডক্টর কাউলি” উপাধি নিয়ে।There is no reason = এমন কোনো কারণ নেই for supposing = মনে করার that