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... Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The ...
... Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The ...
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... Æneid , in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad , some years afterwards , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . When he has any objection ...
... Æneid , in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad , some years afterwards , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . When he has any objection ...
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... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
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... Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always at the eighth syllable ...
... Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always at the eighth syllable ...
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... Æneid . " Praise must not be too rigorously ex- amined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he ...
... Æneid . " Praise must not be too rigorously ex- amined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he ...
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