The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 38
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which , even the morality is volup- tuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which , even the morality is volup- tuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment ...
Page 41
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ? Great Rhea's son , If in ...
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ? Great Rhea's son , If in ...
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... Eng- lish numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the less ; that he was equally qualified for sprightly sallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among those who freed translation from servility 62 COWLEY .
... Eng- lish numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the less ; that he was equally qualified for sprightly sallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among those who freed translation from servility 62 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. that he was among those who freed translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to ...
Samuel Johnson. that he was among those who freed translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to ...
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... translated the se- cond book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost se- veral thousand pounds that had been ...
... translated the se- cond book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost se- veral thousand pounds that had been ...
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