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Pagina 107
... Latin hexameter is formed from dactyls and spon- dees differently combined ; the English heroic admits of acute or grave syllables variously disposed . The Latin never deviates into seven feet , or exceeds the number of seventeen ...
... Latin hexameter is formed from dactyls and spon- dees differently combined ; the English heroic admits of acute or grave syllables variously disposed . The Latin never deviates into seven feet , or exceeds the number of seventeen ...
Pagina 314
... Latin poetry , a class of authors whom Boileau endeavoured to bring into contempt , and who are too generally neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrate- ful for the advantages which he might have ...
... Latin poetry , a class of authors whom Boileau endeavoured to bring into contempt , and who are too generally neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrate- ful for the advantages which he might have ...
Pagina 379
... Latin poem , De principiis cogitandi . It may be collected from the narrative of Mr. Mason , that his first ambition was to have excelled in Latin poetry : perhaps it were reasonable to wish that he had prosecuted his design ; for ...
... Latin poem , De principiis cogitandi . It may be collected from the narrative of Mr. Mason , that his first ambition was to have excelled in Latin poetry : perhaps it were reasonable to wish that he had prosecuted his design ; for ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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