The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Page 197
... Georgics , " may be given this peculiar praise , that it is gounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of science . This I was told by ...
... Georgics , " may be given this peculiar praise , that it is gounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of science . This I was told by ...
Page 240
... Georgics ' the Earl of Chesterfield , and the " Eneid " to the Earl of Mulgrave . This economy of flattery , at once lavish and dis- creet , did not pass without observation . This translation was censured by Milbourne , a clergyman ...
... Georgics ' the Earl of Chesterfield , and the " Eneid " to the Earl of Mulgrave . This economy of flattery , at once lavish and dis- creet , did not pass without observation . This translation was censured by Milbourne , a clergyman ...
Page 249
... Georgics " the holy butcher : the translation is not indeed ridiculous ; but Trapp's anger arises from his zeal , not for the Author , but the priest ; as if any reproach of the follies of paganism could be extended to the preachers of ...
... Georgics " the holy butcher : the translation is not indeed ridiculous ; but Trapp's anger arises from his zeal , not for the Author , but the priest ; as if any reproach of the follies of paganism could be extended to the preachers of ...
Page 280
... Georgics " and the " Eneid " should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as ...
... Georgics " and the " Eneid " should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as ...
Page 281
... Georgics ; and , as he professes to give his antagonist an op- portunity of reprisal , he has added his own version of the first and fourth Pastorals , and the first Georgic . The world has forgotten his book ; but since his attempt has ...
... Georgics ; and , as he professes to give his antagonist an op- portunity of reprisal , he has added his own version of the first and fourth Pastorals , and the first Georgic . The world has forgotten his book ; but since his attempt has ...
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