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... Ovid's because it is not sufficiently interesting and pathetic . He might have determined the question upon surer evidence ; for it is quoted by Quintilian as the work of Seneca ; and the only line which remains of Ovid's play - for one ...
... Ovid's because it is not sufficiently interesting and pathetic . He might have determined the question upon surer evidence ; for it is quoted by Quintilian as the work of Seneca ; and the only line which remains of Ovid's play - for one ...
Page 236
... Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition ...
... Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition ...
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... Ovid , to com- plete the version which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets , and professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon Silence ...
... Ovid , to com- plete the version which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets , and professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon Silence ...
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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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| 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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