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Pàgina xiii
... poem on the Peace of Ryswick , 223 - Travels through France and Italy , 223 - In 1702 returns and pub- lishes his Travels , 223 - Writes The Campaign , 224. - Writes Rosamond , 224 - Goes to Ireland as Secretary to Lord Wharton , 224 ...
... poem on the Peace of Ryswick , 223 - Travels through France and Italy , 223 - In 1702 returns and pub- lishes his Travels , 223 - Writes The Campaign , 224. - Writes Rosamond , 224 - Goes to Ireland as Secretary to Lord Wharton , 224 ...
Pàgina xxiii
... poem - and so true ! -true as the 10th of Juvenal himself . " Sir Walter Scott had an intense admiration for both these poems , and indeed told James Ballantyne that he had more pleasure in reading them than any other poetical ...
... poem - and so true ! -true as the 10th of Juvenal himself . " Sir Walter Scott had an intense admiration for both these poems , and indeed told James Ballantyne that he had more pleasure in reading them than any other poetical ...
Pàgina 6
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pàgina 33
... poem on " Prudence and Justice , " and perhaps some of his other pieces ; and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
... poem on " Prudence and Justice , " and perhaps some of his other pieces ; and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
Pàgina 34
... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and ...
... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and ...
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