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... Latin , but without due at- tention to the ancient models ; for it was not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , mas- ter of the college ; but , having neither the facil- ity of a ...
... Latin , but without due at- tention to the ancient models ; for it was not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , mas- ter of the college ; but , having neither the facil- ity of a ...
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... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton bé compared ( for May I hold ...
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton bé compared ( for May I hold ...
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... Latin ; a poem * on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily in . serted in the " Musa Anglicanæ . " Pindarism • First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in ...
... Latin ; a poem * on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily in . serted in the " Musa Anglicanæ . " Pindarism • First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in ...
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... was such , that he grew rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He " " " " He took both the usual degrees 24 MILTON . FENTON.
... was such , that he grew rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He " " " " He took both the usual degrees 24 MILTON . FENTON.
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... Latin verses with classic elegance . If Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verse than they provoke deri- sion . If we produced any thing worthy of no- tice ...
... Latin verses with classic elegance . If Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verse than they provoke deri- sion . If we produced any thing worthy of no- tice ...
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