The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... Homer translated in this Miscellany - one by Mr. Congreve ( whom I cannot mention without the honour which is due to his excellent parts , and that en- tire affection which I bear him ) , the other by myself ... I wish Mr. Congreve had ...
... Homer translated in this Miscellany - one by Mr. Congreve ( whom I cannot mention without the honour which is due to his excellent parts , and that en- tire affection which I bear him ) , the other by myself ... I wish Mr. Congreve had ...
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... Homer , is perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; some- times the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his ...
... Homer , is perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; some- times the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his ...
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... Homer and Virgil not to be compared with the two Arthurs , ' of which " the Publisher " informs " the reader " that " the Poetical Part was writ in haste , that it might have been given as a Manual at Mr. Dryden's Funeral . " It is all ...
... Homer and Virgil not to be compared with the two Arthurs , ' of which " the Publisher " informs " the reader " that " the Poetical Part was writ in haste , that it might have been given as a Manual at Mr. Dryden's Funeral . " It is all ...
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... Homer into blank verse will find few readers while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of epistolary poetry ; " and his ode to the 22 Ode to the Sun for the New Year ' ' [ 1707 ] ...
... Homer into blank verse will find few readers while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of epistolary poetry ; " and his ode to the 22 Ode to the Sun for the New Year ' ' [ 1707 ] ...
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... Homer , ' of which the first part made its entrance into the world at the same time . ' Addison declared that the ... Homer's ' Iliad , ' than to bespeak , if pos- sible , the favour of the public to a translation of Homer's Odyssey ...
... Homer , ' of which the first part made its entrance into the world at the same time . ' Addison declared that the ... Homer's ' Iliad , ' than to bespeak , if pos- sible , the favour of the public to a translation of Homer's Odyssey ...
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