Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina 59
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
Pagina 296
... better qualified to give the meaning than the spirit of Seneca , has introduced his version of three tragedies by a defence of close translation . The authority of Horace , which the new translators cited in defence of their practice ...
... better qualified to give the meaning than the spirit of Seneca , has introduced his version of three tragedies by a defence of close translation . The authority of Horace , which the new translators cited in defence of their practice ...
Pagina 347
... better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him ...
... better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him ...
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