Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... translator of the Iliads 3 He was the son of a farmer at Haslington in Cheshire , and was baptized May 3 , 1689. [ Barlow's Memoir of Broome , App . and p . 6. ] 2 Post , COLLINS , 3 ; YOUNG , 5 . Nichols , in 1780 , called his failure ...
... translator of the Iliads 3 He was the son of a farmer at Haslington in Cheshire , and was baptized May 3 , 1689. [ Barlow's Memoir of Broome , App . and p . 6. ] 2 Post , COLLINS , 3 ; YOUNG , 5 . Nichols , in 1780 , called his failure ...
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... translation of which Ozell boasted as superior , in Toland's opinion , to that of Pope : it has long since vanished , and is now in no danger from the criticks . 4 He was introduced to Mr. Pope , who was then visiting Sir John Cotton at ...
... translation of which Ozell boasted as superior , in Toland's opinion , to that of Pope : it has long since vanished , and is now in no danger from the criticks . 4 He was introduced to Mr. Pope , who was then visiting Sir John Cotton at ...
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... translation is a very important event in poetical 6 history , the reader has a right to know upon what grounds I establish my narration . That the version was not wholly Pope's was always known3 ; he had mentioned the assistance of two ...
... translation is a very important event in poetical 6 history , the reader has a right to know upon what grounds I establish my narration . That the version was not wholly Pope's was always known3 ; he had mentioned the assistance of two ...
Page 78
... translation and his general revision £ 3,767 , or , with all deductions , upwards of £ 3,500 . ' He kept his brother ... translate , ' had stood in earlier editions : - ' Hibernian Politics , O Swift ! thy doom , And Pope's , translating ...
... translation and his general revision £ 3,767 , or , with all deductions , upwards of £ 3,500 . ' He kept his brother ... translate , ' had stood in earlier editions : - ' Hibernian Politics , O Swift ! thy doom , And Pope's , translating ...
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... translation at all . " ' The Dunciad , 4to ed . 1729 , iii . 327 . For the falsity of this statement see Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , viii . 158. [ The change was made in 1736. ] Spence ( p . 326 ) records on the authority of ...
... translation at all . " ' The Dunciad , 4to ed . 1729 , iii . 327 . For the falsity of this statement see Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , viii . 158. [ The change was made in 1736. ] Spence ( p . 326 ) records on the authority of ...
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