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Pagina 22
Venus , after the example of the Greek epigram , asks when she was seen naked
and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ; then Cupid is disarmed ; then he loses his
darts to Ganymede ; then Jupiter sends him a summons by Mercury .
Venus , after the example of the Greek epigram , asks when she was seen naked
and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ; then Cupid is disarmed ; then he loses his
darts to Ganymede ; then Jupiter sends him a summons by Mercury .
Pagina 23
His epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes elegant ,
sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion "
and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so
...
His epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes elegant ,
sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion "
and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so
...
Pagina 25
... prey among obscure authors . The “ Thief and Cordelier ” is , I suppose ,
generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this
epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little
known PRIOR .
... prey among obscure authors . The “ Thief and Cordelier ” is , I suppose ,
generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this
epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little
known PRIOR .
Pagina 57
His name was so long used to point every epigram upon dull writers , that it
became at last a byword of contempt ; but it deserves observation , that malignity
takes hold only of his writings , and that his life passed without reproach , even
when ...
His name was so long used to point every epigram upon dull writers , that it
became at last a byword of contempt ; but it deserves observation , that malignity
takes hold only of his writings , and that his life passed without reproach , even
when ...
Pagina 105
... open and ransacked , " as if those violences were often committed for papers of
uncertain and accidental value which are rarely provoked by real treasures — as
if epigrams and essays were in danger where gold and diamonds are safe .
... open and ransacked , " as if those violences were often committed for papers of
uncertain and accidental value which are rarely provoked by real treasures — as
if epigrams and essays were in danger where gold and diamonds are safe .
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