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... Iliad . " But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having long conversed familiarly with the great , he wished to be considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , dis- gusted ...
... Iliad . " But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having long conversed familiarly with the great , he wished to be considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , dis- gusted ...
Page 63
... Iliad , " that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was considerable , he was removed to a school at ...
... Iliad , " that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was considerable , he was removed to a school at ...
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... Iliad , " with large notes . To print by subscription was , for some time , a practice peculiar to the English . The first considerable work for which this expedient was employed is said to have been Dryden's " Virgil , " and it had ...
... Iliad , " with large notes . To print by subscription was , for some time , a practice peculiar to the English . The first considerable work for which this expedient was employed is said to have been Dryden's " Virgil , " and it had ...
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... Iliad was printed in Holland in duodecimo , and imported clandestinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by an edition equally cheap ...
... Iliad was printed in Holland in duodecimo , and imported clandestinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by an edition equally cheap ...
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... Iliad , ' " and it appears from Fenton's letter , preserved in the Museum , that Broome was at first engaged in consulting Eustathius ; but that after a time , whatever was the reason , he desisted . Another man of Cambridge was then ...
... Iliad , ' " and it appears from Fenton's letter , preserved in the Museum , that Broome was at first engaged in consulting Eustathius ; but that after a time , whatever was the reason , he desisted . Another man of Cambridge was then ...
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