The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 75
... Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first compositions , a boast of which the learned Politian had given him an example , seems to commend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But ...
... Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first compositions , a boast of which the learned Politian had given him an example , seems to commend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But ...
Page 79
... Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much . should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus ...
... Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much . should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus ...
Page 82
... him for every thing but his religion : and Milton , in re- turn , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose , was now to have visited Sicily and 82 MILTON .
... him for every thing but his religion : and Milton , in re- turn , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose , was now to have visited Sicily and 82 MILTON .
Page 85
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
Page 86
... Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . Johnson did not here allude to Philips's " Thea- trum Poetarum , " as has been ignorantly supposed , but ( as he himself informed Mr. Malone ) to ano ...
... Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . Johnson did not here allude to Philips's " Thea- trum Poetarum , " as has been ignorantly supposed , but ( as he himself informed Mr. Malone ) to ano ...
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