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Page 218
... Juvenal ; but he is a very licentious translator , and does not recom- pense his neglect of the author by beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then a happy line may per- haps be found , and now and then a short ...
... Juvenal ; but he is a very licentious translator , and does not recom- pense his neglect of the author by beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then a happy line may per- haps be found , and now and then a short ...
Page 271
... 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 ...
Page 365
... Juvenal . In his Review , though unfinished , are some vigorous lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised . With the Wit he seems to have shared the dissoluteness of the times ; for some of ...
... Juvenal . In his Review , though unfinished , are some vigorous lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised . With the Wit he seems to have shared the dissoluteness of the times ; for some of ...
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