Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
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... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to ...
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to ...
Page 95
... Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law ...
... Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law ...
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... Latin verses gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , afterwards provost of Queen's College ; by whose recommendation he was elected into Magdalen College as a Demy , a term by which that society denominates those which are elsewhere ...
... Latin verses gained him the patronage of Dr. Lancaster , afterwards provost of Queen's College ; by whose recommendation he was elected into Magdalen College as a Demy , a term by which that society denominates those which are elsewhere ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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