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Page 28
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which , even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which , even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
Page 30
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour . J Great Rhea's son , If in ...
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour . J Great Rhea's son , If in ...
Page 47
... translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
... translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
Page 48
... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwith- standing his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left ...
... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwith- standing his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left ...
Page 49
... translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France as one of the followers of the exiled King ; and , to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his masters to write occasional verses ; one of which ...
... translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France as one of the followers of the exiled King ; and , to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his masters to write occasional verses ; one of which ...
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