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Page 78
... works , the tranflation of Virgil ; from which he borrowed two months , that he might turn Fresnoy's Art of Painting into English profe . The preface , which he boafts to have written in twelve mornings , which 78 DRYDEN .
... works , the tranflation of Virgil ; from which he borrowed two months , that he might turn Fresnoy's Art of Painting into English profe . The preface , which he boafts to have written in twelve mornings , which 78 DRYDEN .
Page 79
... Virgil ; and , that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Pafto- rals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This oeconomy of flat- tery , at once ...
... Virgil ; and , that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Pafto- rals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This oeconomy of flat- tery , at once ...
Page 118
... Virgil with the first of Statius is not happier . Virgil , he fays , is foft and gentle , and would have thought Statius mad , if he had heard him thundering out Quæ fuperimpofito moles geminata coloffo . Statius perhaps heats himself ...
... Virgil with the first of Statius is not happier . Virgil , he fays , is foft and gentle , and would have thought Statius mad , if he had heard him thundering out Quæ fuperimpofito moles geminata coloffo . Statius perhaps heats himself ...
Page 130
... and polished away those faults which the precipitance of ardent com- pofition is likely to leave behind it . Virgil is related to have poured out a great number of of lines in the morning , and to have paffed 130 DRYDE N.
... and polished away those faults which the precipitance of ardent com- pofition is likely to leave behind it . Virgil is related to have poured out a great number of of lines in the morning , and to have paffed 130 DRYDE N.
Page 148
... Virgil's line , Omnia noctis erant , placida compofta quiete , that he might have concluded better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold ...
... Virgil's line , Omnia noctis erant , placida compofta quiete , that he might have concluded better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold ...
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