Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 226
... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
Page 240
... English 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 ...
... English 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 ...
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... has not , I think , been unsuccessful : he indeed favoured himself , by chusing those parts which most easily admit the ornaments of English poetry , He had least success in his lyrick attempts , in 436 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... has not , I think , been unsuccessful : he indeed favoured himself , by chusing those parts which most easily admit the ornaments of English poetry , He had least success in his lyrick attempts , in 436 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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