The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loofe verte , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedication in verfe to Dr. Comber , matter of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular ...
... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loofe verte , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedication in verfe to Dr. Comber , matter of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular ...
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... Latin feveral books on Plants , of which the first and fecond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the ufes of Trees in ...
... Latin feveral books on Plants , of which the first and fecond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the ufes of Trees in ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally ...
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... Latin : * poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are fhaken to- gether , is unhappily inferted in the Mufa Angli- cana . Pindarifm prevailed about half a century ; but at laft died gradually away , and other ...
... Latin : * poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are fhaken to- gether , is unhappily inferted in the Mufa Angli- cana . Pindarifm prevailed about half a century ; but at laft died gradually away , and other ...
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... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Cafton , a Welfh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Chriftopher who ftudied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he was ...
... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Cafton , a Welfh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Chriftopher who ftudied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he was ...
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