The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to be so burthened with life as to ...
... Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to be so burthened with life as to ...
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... Pindar spoke , but his manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode ...
... Pindar spoke , but his manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode ...
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... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own sub- jects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindaric ; and , if some deficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban Bard were to his ...
... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own sub- jects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindaric ; and , if some deficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban Bard were to his ...
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... Pindaric Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin - ' Tis an unruly and a hard - mouth'd horse ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the ...
... Pindaric Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin - ' Tis an unruly and a hard - mouth'd horse ' Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the ...
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... Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet , by examining the syllables , we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were delighted with the sound . The ...
... Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet , by examining the syllables , we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were delighted with the sound . The ...
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