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... poetry by the perusal of Ogil- by's Homer , and Sandys's 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 ...
... poetry by the perusal of Ogil- by's Homer , and Sandys's 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 ...
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... poet ? otherwise than by asking in re- turn , If Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer , though a definition which shall exclude Pope will ...
... poet ? otherwise than by asking in re- turn , If Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer , though a definition which shall exclude Pope will ...
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Samuel Johnson. APPENDIX " A " JOHNSON ON " EASY POETRY " The Idler , No. 77 Saturday , October 6 , 1759 Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can ...
Samuel Johnson. APPENDIX " A " JOHNSON ON " EASY POETRY " The Idler , No. 77 Saturday , October 6 , 1759 Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can ...
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