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Page 82
... 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 life ...
... 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 life ...
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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