Metaphysical poets was established, however, it was occasionally adopted by other and especially younger poets to fit appropriate circumstances. In the chapter on Abraham Cowley in his "Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets" (1779–81), Samuel Johnson refers to the beginning of the seventeenth century in which there "appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets". This does not necessarily imply that he intended "metaphysical" to be used in its true sense, in that he was probably referring to a witticism of John Dryden, who said of John Donne: He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires,
Massachusetts Metaphysical College the Christian Science Journal for September, 1886: MASSACHUSETTS METAPHYSICAL COLLEGE REV. MARY BAKER G. EDDY, PRESIDENT 571 Columbus Avenue, Boston The collegiate course in Christian Science metaphysical healing includes twelve lessons. Tuition, three hundred dollars. Course in metaphysical obstetrics includes six daily lectures, and is open only to students from this college. Tuition, one hundred dollars. Class in theology, open (like the above) to graduates, receives six additional lectures on the Scriptures, and summary of the principle and practice of Christian Science, two hundred dollars. Normal (teachers) class is open to those who have taken the first course at this