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... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient mo- dels ; for it is not loose verse , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , mafter of the college ; but hav- ing neither the facility of a popular ...
... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient mo- dels ; for it is not loose verse , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , mafter of the college ; but hav- ing neither the facility of a popular ...
Page 18
... Latin feveral books on Plants , of which the first and second difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of trees in ...
... Latin feveral books on Plants , of which the first and second difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of trees in ...
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... Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ...
... Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ...
Page 76
... Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian The- atre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inferted in the Mufa Anglicana . Pindarifin prevailed about half First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of ...
... Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian The- atre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inferted in the Mufa Anglicana . Pindarifin prevailed about half First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of ...
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... Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welsh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Christopher who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he ...
... Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welsh family , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Christopher who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he ...
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