Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 309
... composition is likely to leave behind it . Virgil is related to have poured out a great number of lines in the ... compositions may however secure to a writer the praise both of learning and facility ; for they cannot be the effect ...
... composition is likely to leave behind it . Virgil is related to have poured out a great number of lines in the ... compositions may however secure to a writer the praise both of learning and facility ; for they cannot be the effect ...
Page 380
... compositions ; and being con- scious of his powers , when he left the university he enlisted himself among the wits . He was the familiar friend of Otway ; and was engaged , among other popular names , in the translations of Ovid and ...
... compositions ; and being con- scious of his powers , when he left the university he enlisted himself among the wits . He was the familiar friend of Otway ; and was engaged , among other popular names , in the translations of Ovid and ...
Page 416
... compositions , which are indeed entitled to particular praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has formed his style from the general language , such as a diligent perusal of the productions of ...
... compositions , which are indeed entitled to particular praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has formed his style from the general language , such as a diligent perusal of the productions of ...
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