The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 58
... translating them ; and at fourteen made a verfion of the first book of the " Thebais , " which , with fome revifion , he afterwards publifhed . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confiderable proficient in the Latin ...
... translating them ; and at fourteen made a verfion of the first book of the " Thebais , " which , with fome revifion , he afterwards publifhed . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confiderable proficient in the Latin ...
Pàgina 166
... translation . But what was yet of more importance , his effu- . fions were always voluntary , and his fubjects chofen by himself . His independence fecured him from drudging at a task , and labouring upon a barren to- pick ; he never ...
... translation . But what was yet of more importance , his effu- . fions were always voluntary , and his fubjects chofen by himself . His independence fecured him from drudging at a task , and labouring upon a barren to- pick ; he never ...
Pàgina 183
... translator . Pope fearched the pages of Dryden for happy combi- nations of heroick diction ; but it will not be denied that he added much to what he found . He cultivated our language with fo much diligence and art , that he has left in ...
... translator . Pope fearched the pages of Dryden for happy combi- nations of heroick diction ; but it will not be denied that he added much to what he found . He cultivated our language with fo much diligence and art , that he has left in ...
Pàgina 184
... translation , addressed him thus : “ Dr. 66 66 6 Bentley , I ordered my bookfeller to fend you your books ; I hope you received them . " Bentley , who had purposely avoided faying any thing about Homer , pretended not to understand him ...
... translation , addressed him thus : “ Dr. 66 66 6 Bentley , I ordered my bookfeller to fend you your books ; I hope you received them . " Bentley , who had purposely avoided faying any thing about Homer , pretended not to understand him ...
Pàgina 218
... years longer , till he became Master of Arts ( 1724 ) . He probably about this time tranflated " Vida's " Art of Poetry , " which Triftram's fplendid edition had had then made popular . In this translation he diftinguished ( 218 ) PITT,
... years longer , till he became Master of Arts ( 1724 ) . He probably about this time tranflated " Vida's " Art of Poetry , " which Triftram's fplendid edition had had then made popular . In this translation he diftinguished ( 218 ) PITT,
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