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... translator . To his poetry , though praised at the time in which it was produced , and since lavishly ex- tolled by Dr. Campbell , in his Biographia Bri- tannica , little value can now be attached . It is chiefly of the lyric and ...
... translator . To his poetry , though praised at the time in which it was produced , and since lavishly ex- tolled by Dr. Campbell , in his Biographia Bri- tannica , little value can now be attached . It is chiefly of the lyric and ...
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... translator of poe- try , than as an original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn ...
... translator of poe- try , than as an original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn ...
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... translation of the Pharsalia of Lucan , attempted to engage se veral literary men in the undertaking , and among ... translated little from the Greek , except a few fragments from Orpheus , and some passages from Anacreon , Pindar , and ...
... translation of the Pharsalia of Lucan , attempted to engage se veral literary men in the undertaking , and among ... translated little from the Greek , except a few fragments from Orpheus , and some passages from Anacreon , Pindar , and ...
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... translation , given some poetical advice relative to the conduct of that work , and to the plan which he should ... translated song would hear , First take the gold - then charm the list'ning ear , So shall thy father Homer smile to see ...
... translation , given some poetical advice relative to the conduct of that work , and to the plan which he should ... translated song would hear , First take the gold - then charm the list'ning ear , So shall thy father Homer smile to see ...
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... translated the Misun- thrope of Moliere , one of the most esteemed come- dies of that original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of ...
... translated the Misun- thrope of Moliere , one of the most esteemed come- dies of that original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of ...
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