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Page 186
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a bearing as Low French , required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a bearing as Low French , required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
Page 187
Some find the hint in an Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised
story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be
the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven , It has been already shewni , that the first
...
Some find the hint in an Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised
story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be
the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven , It has been already shewni , that the first
...
Page 215
He read all the languages which are confidered either as learned or polite ;
Hebrew , with its two dialects , Greek , Latin , Italian , French , and Spanish . In
Latin his skill was such as places him in the first rank of writers and criticks ; and
he ...
He read all the languages which are confidered either as learned or polite ;
Hebrew , with its two dialects , Greek , Latin , Italian , French , and Spanish . In
Latin his skill was such as places him in the first rank of writers and criticks ; and
he ...
Page 224
Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick ; but I have heard them
commended by a man well qualitied to decide their merit . The Latin pieces are
lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite
imitation of ...
Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick ; but I have heard them
commended by a man well qualitied to decide their merit . The Latin pieces are
lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite
imitation of ...
Page 315
The state both of England and Ireland was at this time such , that he who was
absent from either country had very little temptation to return : and therefore
Roscommo !, when he left Caen , travelled into Italy , and amused himself with its
...
The state both of England and Ireland was at this time such , that he who was
absent from either country had very little temptation to return : and therefore
Roscommo !, when he left Caen , travelled into Italy , and amused himself with its
...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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