The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... translated the first , third , fixth , tenth , and fixteenth satires ; and of Perfius the whole work . On this oc- cafion he introduced his two fons to the pub- lick , as nurfelings of the Mufes , The four- teenth of Juvenal was the ...
... translated the first , third , fixth , tenth , and fixteenth satires ; and of Perfius the whole work . On this oc- cafion he introduced his two fons to the pub- lick , as nurfelings of the Mufes , The four- teenth of Juvenal was the ...
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... translations of Ancient Writers ; a work which the French feem to relinquish , in despair , and which we were long unable to perform with dexterity . Ben Jonfon thought it neceffary to copy Horace almoft word by word ; Feltham , his ...
... translations of Ancient Writers ; a work which the French feem to relinquish , in despair , and which we were long unable to perform with dexterity . Ben Jonfon thought it neceffary to copy Horace almoft word by word ; Feltham , his ...
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... translated , some paffages excepted , which will never be excelled , With Juvenal was published Perfius , tranflated wholly by Dryden . This work , though like all the other productions of Dryden it may have fhining parts , seems to ...
... translated , some paffages excepted , which will never be excelled , With Juvenal was published Perfius , tranflated wholly by Dryden . This work , though like all the other productions of Dryden it may have fhining parts , seems to ...
Pàgina 180
... translating Virgil , he fays , tack to the larboard -and veer ftarboard ; and talks , in another work , of virtue fpooming before the wind . His vanity now and then betrays his ignorance : They Nature's king through Nature's opticks ...
... translating Virgil , he fays , tack to the larboard -and veer ftarboard ; and talks , in another work , of virtue fpooming before the wind . His vanity now and then betrays his ignorance : They Nature's king through Nature's opticks ...
Pàgina 256
... was the familiar friend of Otway ; and was engaged , among other po- pular names , in the translations of Ovid and Juvenal . In his Review , though un- finished , finished , are some vigorous lines . His poems are [ 256 1 DUKE,
... was the familiar friend of Otway ; and was engaged , among other po- pular names , in the translations of Ovid and Juvenal . In his Review , though un- finished , finished , are some vigorous lines . His poems are [ 256 1 DUKE,
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