Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and puerile , of turning the thunder of Demosthenes upon the head of Lewis . He afterwards ( in 1706 ) had his estate again aug ...
... soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and puerile , of turning the thunder of Demosthenes upon the head of Lewis . He afterwards ( in 1706 ) had his estate again aug ...
Page 371
... soon dignified by Badius with a comment , and , as Scaliger complained , received into schools , and taught as classical ; his complaint was vain , and the practice , however in- judicious , spread far and continued long . Mantuan was ...
... soon dignified by Badius with a comment , and , as Scaliger complained , received into schools , and taught as classical ; his complaint was vain , and the practice , however in- judicious , spread far and continued long . Mantuan was ...
Page 385
... soon , and he took no delight in the study of the law , but , having always amused himself with drawing , resolved to turn painter , and became pupil to Mr. Richardson , an artist then of high reputation , but now better known by his ...
... soon , and he took no delight in the study of the law , but , having always amused himself with drawing , resolved to turn painter , and became pupil to Mr. Richardson , an artist then of high reputation , but now better known by his ...
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