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... Æneid iv . 615 . Yet let a race untamed , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Oppress'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discouraged , and himself expell'd ; Let him for succour sue from place to ...
... Æneid iv . 615 . Yet let a race untamed , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Oppress'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discouraged , and himself expell'd ; Let him for succour sue from place to ...
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... Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The ...
... Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The ...
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... Æneid , " in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the " Iliad , " some years afterward , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . As , It will be ...
... Æneid , " in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the " Iliad , " some years afterward , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . As , It will be ...
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... Æneid " should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
... Æneid " should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
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... Æneid . " This being , I suppose , commended by his friends , he some time afterwards added three or four more , with an advertisement , in which he represents himself as translating with great indifference , and with a progress of ...
... Æneid . " This being , I suppose , commended by his friends , he some time afterwards added three or four more , with an advertisement , in which he represents himself as translating with great indifference , and with a progress of ...
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