An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 145
... translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's house at Bath , and that he him- felf had often been Hooke's Amanuenfis on this occafion , who dictated his translation to him with uncommon facility and rapidity . The Dutchefs rewarded Hooke with ...
... translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's house at Bath , and that he him- felf had often been Hooke's Amanuenfis on this occafion , who dictated his translation to him with uncommon facility and rapidity . The Dutchefs rewarded Hooke with ...
Page 150
Joseph Warton. many parts of his works ; nay , even in his translation of the Iliad * ; where it ought not to have been admitted ; and which Dryden has but rarely used in his Virgil Our author feldom writes many lines toge ther without ...
Joseph Warton. many parts of his works ; nay , even in his translation of the Iliad * ; where it ought not to have been admitted ; and which Dryden has but rarely used in his Virgil Our author feldom writes many lines toge ther without ...
Page 205
... translations from the French , & c . in that book , there are many inaccurate and almost ungrammatical ex- preffions : these were the very first publications of Swift . late late writers , who feem to have mistaken fiffness for AND ...
... translations from the French , & c . in that book , there are many inaccurate and almost ungrammatical ex- preffions : these were the very first publications of Swift . late late writers , who feem to have mistaken fiffness for AND ...
Page 231
... translator of Polybius , Mr , Hampton , in a pamphlet that deferves to be more known , entitled , Reflections on Ancient and Modern History : printed in quarto , at Oxford , 1746. " His perfonal refentment put him upon writing history ...
... translator of Polybius , Mr , Hampton , in a pamphlet that deferves to be more known , entitled , Reflections on Ancient and Modern History : printed in quarto , at Oxford , 1746. " His perfonal refentment put him upon writing history ...
Page 240
... translations † of the two first olympic odes of Pindar , the two odes of Sappho , and above all , his pleasing tra- gedy of the Distrest Mother § . * Ver . 180 . + The fecret grounds of Philips's malignity to Pope , are faid to be the ...
... translations † of the two first olympic odes of Pindar , the two odes of Sappho , and above all , his pleasing tra- gedy of the Distrest Mother § . * Ver . 180 . + The fecret grounds of Philips's malignity to Pope , are faid to be the ...
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