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Page 164
... language is very illustriously displayed in our poetical translations of Ancient Writers ; a work which the French seem to relinquish in despair , and which we were long unable to perform with dexterity . Ben Jonson thought it necessary ...
... language is very illustriously displayed in our poetical translations of Ancient Writers ; a work which the French seem to relinquish in despair , and which we were long unable to perform with dexterity . Ben Jonson thought it necessary ...
Page 194
... language with such variety of models . To him we owe the improvement , perhaps the completion of our metre , the refinement of our language , and much of the correctness of our sentiments . By him we were taught " sapere et fari , " to ...
... language with such variety of models . To him we owe the improvement , perhaps the completion of our metre , the refinement of our language , and much of the correctness of our sentiments . By him we were taught " sapere et fari , " to ...
Page 395
... language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author could translate him . From such rivals little can be feared ...
... language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author could translate him . From such rivals little can be feared ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote