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Page 26
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such ...
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such ...
Page 35
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
Page 50
... poem on Prudence and Justice , and perhaps some of his other pieces : and as he ap- pears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
... poem on Prudence and Justice , and perhaps some of his other pieces : and as he ap- pears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
Page 51
... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and ...
... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and ...
Page 62
... poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At ... poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have ...
... poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At ... poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have ...
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