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... translations gave him were so strong , that he spoke of them with pleasure to the period of his life . About ten , being now at school at Hyde- park - corner , whether he went from a po- pish seminary to Twiford , near Winchester , he ...
... translations gave him were so strong , that he spoke of them with pleasure to the period of his life . About ten , being now at school at Hyde- park - corner , whether he went from a po- pish seminary to Twiford , near Winchester , he ...
Page 197
... translated by Pitt . Vida had formed himself upon Virgil , who is therefore his hero : he has too much depreciated Ho- mer . Although his precepts principally re- gard epic poetry , yet many of them are ap- plicable to every fpecies of ...
... translated by Pitt . Vida had formed himself upon Virgil , who is therefore his hero : he has too much depreciated Ho- mer . Although his precepts principally re- gard epic poetry , yet many of them are ap- plicable to every fpecies of ...
Page 297
... translated in the volume he published : many of which were done by fome " of the mob of gentle- men that wrote with ... translations in verfe , of almost all the great poets of antiquity ; whilst the French have been poorly contented ...
... translated in the volume he published : many of which were done by fome " of the mob of gentle- men that wrote with ... translations in verfe , of almost all the great poets of antiquity ; whilst the French have been poorly contented ...
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