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... poetical wonder , the translation of the " Iliad , " a performance which no age or nation can pretend to equal . To the Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse ...
... poetical wonder , the translation of the " Iliad , " a performance which no age or nation can pretend to equal . To the Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse ...
Page 307
... poetical praises by Mr. Hill , Mr. Mallet ( then Malloch , ) and Mira , the fictitious name of a lady once too - well - known . Why the dedications are , to " Winter " and the other Seasons , contrarily to custom , left out in the ...
... poetical praises by Mr. Hill , Mr. Mallet ( then Malloch , ) and Mira , the fictitious name of a lady once too - well - known . Why the dedications are , to " Winter " and the other Seasons , contrarily to custom , left out in the ...
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... poetical as it was more remote from common use ; finding in Dryden " honey redolent of Spring , " an expression that reaches the utmost limits of our language , Gray drove it a little more beyond common apprehension , by making " gales ...
... poetical as it was more remote from common use ; finding in Dryden " honey redolent of Spring , " an expression that reaches the utmost limits of our language , Gray drove it a little more beyond common apprehension , by making " gales ...
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