An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMI- TATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . HE first dawnings of polite lite- TH rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo ...
... TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMI- TATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . HE first dawnings of polite lite- TH rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo ...
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... translation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden often declared to him . that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange ...
... translation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden often declared to him . that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange ...
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... TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that belongs to this Section . It was in his childhood only , that he could make choice of fo injudicious a writer . It were to be wished that no youth of genius were fuffered ...
... TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that belongs to this Section . It was in his childhood only , that he could make choice of fo injudicious a writer . It were to be wished that no youth of genius were fuffered ...
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... translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake appears . } Guards her black ...
... translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake appears . } Guards her black ...
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... translated by Mr. Weft ; For nor in earth , nor earth - encircling floods , Nor yon æthereal pole , the feat of gods , Is aught performed without thy aid divine , Strength , wisdom , virtue , mighty Jove , are thine ! Vice is the act of ...
... translated by Mr. Weft ; For nor in earth , nor earth - encircling floods , Nor yon æthereal pole , the feat of gods , Is aught performed without thy aid divine , Strength , wisdom , virtue , mighty Jove , are thine ! Vice is the act of ...
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