The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 72
... Juvenal in his fourth satire : - Quid agas , cum dira et fædior 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 agas , cum dira et fædior 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 ...
Page 192
... Juvenal ; but he is a very licentious translator , and does not recompense his neglect of the author by beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then , a happy line may perhaps be found , and now and then a short ...
... Juvenal ; but he is a very licentious translator , and does not recompense his neglect of the author by beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then , a happy line may perhaps be found , and now and then a short ...
Page 223
... Juvenal . ' " The Assignation , or Love in a Nunnery , " a comedy ( 1673 ) was driven off the stage , against the opinion , as the Author says , of the best judges . It is dedicated in a very elegant address to Sir Charles Sedley ; in ...
... Juvenal . ' " The Assignation , or Love in a Nunnery , " a comedy ( 1673 ) was driven off the stage , against the opinion , as the Author says , of the best judges . It is dedicated in a very elegant address to Sir Charles Sedley ; in ...
Page 226
... Juvenal . ” design , " says he , " you know is great , the story English , and neither too near the present times , nor too distant from them . " " The " All for Love , or the World well Lost , " ( 1678 ) a tragedy founded upon the ...
... Juvenal . ” design , " says he , " you know is great , the story English , and neither too near the present times , nor too distant from them . " " The " All for Love , or the World well Lost , " ( 1678 ) a tragedy founded upon the ...
Page 239
... 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 public , as nurse- lings 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 public , as nurse- lings of the Muses . The ...
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