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Page 51
... Georgics " The Holy Butcher " : the trans- lation is not , indeed , ridiculous ; but Trapp's anger arises from his zeal , not for the author , but the priest ; as if any reproach of the follies of Paganism could be extended to the ...
... Georgics " The Holy Butcher " : the trans- lation is not , indeed , ridiculous ; but Trapp's anger arises from his zeal , not for the author , but the priest ; as if any reproach of the follies of Paganism could be extended to the ...
Page 91
... Georgics ; and as he professes to give his an- tagonist an opportunity of reprisal , he has added his own version of the first and fourth Pastorals , and the first Georgic . The world has forgotten his book ; but since his attempt has ...
... Georgics ; and as he professes to give his an- tagonist an opportunity of reprisal , he has added his own version of the first and fourth Pastorals , and the first Georgic . The world has forgotten his book ; but since his attempt has ...
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... Georgics . His book may continue its existence as long as it is the clandestine refuge of school - boys . Since the English ear has been accustomed to the mellifluence of Pope's numbers , and the diction of poetry has become more ...
... Georgics . His book may continue its existence as long as it is the clandestine refuge of school - boys . Since the English ear has been accustomed to the mellifluence of Pope's numbers , and the diction of poetry has become more ...
Contents
From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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