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... Juvenal in his fourth satire : -Quid agis cum dira & foedior omni Crimine Persona est ? * As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself with the belief that he had shortened Salmasius's ...
... Juvenal in his fourth satire : -Quid agis cum dira & foedior omni Crimine Persona est ? * As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself with the belief that he had shortened Salmasius's ...
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... Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third , sixth , tenth , and sixteenth satires ; and of Persius the whole work . On this occasion he introduced his two sons to the publick , as nurselings of the Muses . The ...
... Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third , sixth , tenth , and sixteenth satires ; and of Persius the whole work . On this occasion he introduced his two sons to the publick , as nurselings of the Muses . The ...
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... Juvenal is a mixture of gaiety and stateliness , of pointed sentences and declamatory grandeur . His points have not been neglected ; but his grandeur none of the band seemed to consider as necessary to be imitated , except Creech , who ...
... Juvenal is a mixture of gaiety and stateliness , of pointed sentences and declamatory grandeur . His points have not been neglected ; but his grandeur none of the band seemed to consider as necessary to be imitated , except Creech , who ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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