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... with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his
cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a
comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it
was ...
... with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his
cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a
comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it
was ...
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He composed in Latin several books on plants , of which the first and second
display the qualities of herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties
of flowers in various measures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of trees , in
heroic ...
He composed in Latin several books on plants , of which the first and second
display the qualities of herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties
of flowers in various measures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of trees , in
heroic ...
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of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which
the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to
contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances
of ...
of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which
the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to
contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances
of ...
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The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; à
poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together
, is unhappily inserted in the Musc Anglicanæ . Pindarism prevailed about half ...
The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; à
poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together
, is unhappily inserted in the Musc Anglicanæ . Pindarism prevailed about half ...
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... and his reputation in his profession was such , that he grew rich , and retired to
an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses
him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the
...
... and his reputation in his profession was such , that he grew rich , and retired to
an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses
him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the
...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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