Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Virgil , the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought , and that of Virgil is grace and splendour of diction . The beauties of Homer are therefore difficult to be lost , and those of Virgil ...
... Virgil , the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought , and that of Virgil is grace and splendour of diction . The beauties of Homer are therefore difficult to be lost , and those of Virgil ...
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... Virgil would not pretend to prescribe rules for that which depends not on the husband- man's care , but the ... Virgil's meaning , and intelligible to everybody ; and when to sow the corn is a needless addition . ' The care of ...
... Virgil would not pretend to prescribe rules for that which depends not on the husband- man's care , but the ... Virgil's meaning , and intelligible to everybody ; and when to sow the corn is a needless addition . ' The care of ...
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... Virgil's , no more than the sense of the pre- cedent couplet ; so , again , he interpolates Virgil with that and the round circle of the year to guide powerful of blessings , which thou strew'st around . A ridiculous Latinism , and an ...
... Virgil's , no more than the sense of the pre- cedent couplet ; so , again , he interpolates Virgil with that and the round circle of the year to guide powerful of blessings , which thou strew'st around . A ridiculous Latinism , and an ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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