Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... translate Horace's Ars Poetica into blank verse almost entirely from his recollection of the original . Moreover , though Birkbeck Hill would sometimes regret the excessive influence of the utilitarianism with which he was surrounded in ...
... translate Horace's Ars Poetica into blank verse almost entirely from his recollection of the original . Moreover , though Birkbeck Hill would sometimes regret the excessive influence of the utilitarianism with which he was surrounded in ...
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... translations of some little poems , which pass , how- ever justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of those songs ... translation from Anacreon's Age [ Eng . Poets , vii . 189 ] : — ' Oft am I by the women told , Poor Anacreon ! thou ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , how- ever justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of those songs ... translation from Anacreon's Age [ Eng . Poets , vii . 189 ] : — ' Oft am I by the women told , Poor Anacreon ! thou ...
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... translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally pre- 127 served . The following pretty lines are not such as his ' deep mouth 3 ' was used to pour : ' Great ...
... translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally pre- 127 served . The following pretty lines are not such as his ' deep mouth 3 ' was used to pour : ' Great ...
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... Translation of Rapin's Reflec- tions on Aristotle's Treatise of Poesie , Preface , p . 19. See ante , COWLEY , 145 . 3 Eng . Poets , viii . 190 . La Gerusalemme Liberata , ix . 56 . 172 173 174 175 is never pathetick , and rarely COWLEY 55.
... Translation of Rapin's Reflec- tions on Aristotle's Treatise of Poesie , Preface , p . 19. See ante , COWLEY , 145 . 3 Eng . Poets , viii . 190 . La Gerusalemme Liberata , ix . 56 . 172 173 174 175 is never pathetick , and rarely COWLEY 55.
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... translation from servility3 , and , instead of following ' He never willingly recited any of his own writings . None but his intimate friends ever discovered he was a great poet by his discourse . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 44 . ' There is ...
... translation from servility3 , and , instead of following ' He never willingly recited any of his own writings . None but his intimate friends ever discovered he was a great poet by his discourse . ' Hurd's Cowley , i . 44 . ' There is ...
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