Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page viii
... are not either set in a new light , or accompanied with different reflections . I have taken care particularly to con- sider the several passages of the ancient poets which have any relation to the places and curiosities that viii PREFACE .
... are not either set in a new light , or accompanied with different reflections . I have taken care particularly to con- sider the several passages of the ancient poets which have any relation to the places and curiosities that viii PREFACE .
Page ix
... poets have given us of it . However , to avoid the confusion that might arise from a mul- titude of quotations , I have only cited such verses as have given us some image of the place , or that have something else besides the bare name ...
... poets have given us of it . However , to avoid the confusion that might arise from a mul- titude of quotations , I have only cited such verses as have given us some image of the place , or that have something else besides the bare name ...
Page 5
... poets have given of them is not much different . Assuetumque malo Ligurem . The hard Ligurians , a laborious kind . Pernix Ligus . VIRG . Georg . 2 . SIL . IT . lib . 8 . Aus . Eid . 12 . Fallaces Ligures . Appenninicola bellator filius ...
... poets have given of them is not much different . Assuetumque malo Ligurem . The hard Ligurians , a laborious kind . Pernix Ligus . VIRG . Georg . 2 . SIL . IT . lib . 8 . Aus . Eid . 12 . Fallaces Ligures . Appenninicola bellator filius ...
Page 48
... poets , besides the celebrated smooth- ness of their tongue , have a particular advantage above the writers of other nations in the difference of their poetical and prose language . There are , indeed , sets of phrases that in all ...
... poets , besides the celebrated smooth- ness of their tongue , have a particular advantage above the writers of other nations in the difference of their poetical and prose language . There are , indeed , sets of phrases that in all ...
Page 49
... poets have no notion of genteel comedy , and fall into the most filthy double meanings imaginable , when they have a mind to make their audience merry . There is no part generally so wretched as that of the fine gentleman , especially ...
... poets have no notion of genteel comedy , and fall into the most filthy double meanings imaginable , when they have a mind to make their audience merry . There is no part generally so wretched as that of the fine gentleman , especially ...
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