The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... Iliad . But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having long conversed familiarly with the great , he wished to be considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him ...
... Iliad . But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having long conversed familiarly with the great , he wished to be considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him ...
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... Iliad , under- took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton ...
... Iliad , under- took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton ...
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... Iliad , as translated by himself , an apparent opposition to Pope's Homer , of which the first part made its entrance into the world at the same time . Addison declared that the rival versions were both good ; but that Tickell's was the ...
... Iliad , as translated by himself , an apparent opposition to Pope's Homer , of which the first part made its entrance into the world at the same time . Addison declared that the rival versions were both good ; but that Tickell's was the ...
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... Iliad ; that he designed to print it , and had desired him to look it over ; that he must therefore beg that I would not desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . ' I ...
... Iliad ; that he designed to print it , and had desired him to look it over ; that he must therefore beg that I would not desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . ' I ...
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... Iliad ; and in the volumes of poetry published by Lintot , commonly called Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely connected . When the success of the Iliad gave ...
... Iliad ; and in the volumes of poetry published by Lintot , commonly called Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely connected . When the success of the Iliad gave ...
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