Lives of The English Poets Volume I1961 |
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Page 263
... publick ; and writing merely for money , was contented to get it by the nearest way . In 1680 , the Epistles of Ovid being translated by the poets of the time , among which one was the work of Dryden , and another of Dryden and Lord ...
... publick ; and writing merely for money , was contented to get it by the nearest way . In 1680 , the Epistles of Ovid being translated by the poets of the time , among which one was the work of Dryden , and another of Dryden and Lord ...
Page 271
... publick , or perhaps expecting a second revolution , he produced Don Sebastian in 1690 ; and in the next four years four dramas more . In 1693 appeared a new version of Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third ...
... publick , or perhaps expecting a second revolution , he produced Don Sebastian in 1690 ; and in the next four years four dramas more . In 1693 appeared a new version of Juvenal and Persius . Of Juvenal he translated the first , third ...
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... publick money , without any care to find or employ those whose appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied , that such abuses should in time be rectified ; and that if a man could be found capable of the task ...
... publick money , without any care to find or employ those whose appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied , that such abuses should in time be rectified ; and that if a man could be found capable of the task ...
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