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Page 6
... judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dexterously dropt the laurels appro- priated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking of the river Thames , and has rendered it , Thames heard the numbers , as he ...
... judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dexterously dropt the laurels appro- priated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking of the river Thames , and has rendered it , Thames heard the numbers , as he ...
Page 51
... judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the custom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ...
... judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the custom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ...
Page 59
... judgment , he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story . I have lately feen a manufcript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Poetry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in another , and a higher light ...
... judgment , he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story . I have lately feen a manufcript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Poetry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in another , and a higher light ...
Page 87
... . Crashaw has very well tranflated the dies iræ , to which tranflation Rofcommon is much indebted , in his Poem on the day of Judgment . G 4 the the following stanza is perhaps the only va luable one AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
... . Crashaw has very well tranflated the dies iræ , to which tranflation Rofcommon is much indebted , in his Poem on the day of Judgment . G 4 the the following stanza is perhaps the only va luable one AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
Page 92
... judgment and art it is adapted and inferted ; provided this be done with fuch a spirit of modesty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant ...
... judgment and art it is adapted and inferted ; provided this be done with fuch a spirit of modesty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant ...
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