The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1801 |
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Pàgina 48
... verfion of Juvenal and Perfius . Of Juvenal he tranflated the firft , third , fixth , tenth , and fixteenth fatires ; and of Perfius the whole work . On this occafion he introduced- his two fons to the publick , as nurfelings of the ...
... verfion of Juvenal and Perfius . Of Juvenal he tranflated the firft , third , fixth , tenth , and fixteenth fatires ; and of Perfius the whole work . On this occafion he introduced- his two fons to the publick , as nurfelings of the ...
Pàgina 50
... verfion of the works of Virgil ; and , that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Paftorals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This œconomy of ...
... verfion of the works of Virgil ; and , that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Paftorals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This œconomy of ...
Pàgina 81
... verfion of three tragedies by a defence of clofe tranflation . The authority of Horace , which the new tranflators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a judicious explana- tion , taken fairly from them ; but reafon wants ...
... verfion of three tragedies by a defence of clofe tranflation . The authority of Horace , which the new tranflators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a judicious explana- tion , taken fairly from them ; but reafon wants ...
Pàgina 106
... verfion was propofed to the poets of that time , and undertaken by them in con- jun & tion . The main defign was conducted by Dryden , whofe reputation was fuch that no man was unwilling to ferve the Mufes under him . The general ...
... verfion was propofed to the poets of that time , and undertaken by them in con- jun & tion . The main defign was conducted by Dryden , whofe reputation was fuch that no man was unwilling to ferve the Mufes under him . The general ...
Pàgina 107
... verfion of the Pollio , and two epi- fodes , one of Nifus and Euryalus , the other of Mezentius and Laufus . In the comparison of Homer and Virgil , the difcriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehenfion of thought , and ...
... verfion of the Pollio , and two epi- fodes , one of Nifus and Euryalus , the other of Mezentius and Laufus . In the comparison of Homer and Virgil , the difcriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehenfion of thought , and ...
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