The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 5. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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Page xxvi
... translations of old Greek and Latin authors . - We " have already moft of their Hiftorians in our own 66 66 1 tongue , and , what is more for the honour of our lan- guage , it has been taught to exprefs with elegance " the greatest of ...
... translations of old Greek and Latin authors . - We " have already moft of their Hiftorians in our own 66 66 1 tongue , and , what is more for the honour of our lan- guage , it has been taught to exprefs with elegance " the greatest of ...
Page xliv
... translated those two famous works of Homer which are yet left , he did conceive it in fome fort his duty to imitate that alfo which was loft : And was therefore induced to bestow on it the fame form which Homer's is reported to have had ...
... translated those two famous works of Homer which are yet left , he did conceive it in fome fort his duty to imitate that alfo which was loft : And was therefore induced to bestow on it the fame form which Homer's is reported to have had ...
Page 93
... Translations : all very voluminous , and fit to erect altars to Dulness . VER . 141. Ogilby the great ; ] " John Ogilby was one , who , " from a late initiation into literature , made fuch a progress as " might well style him the ...
... Translations : all very voluminous , and fit to erect altars to Dulness . VER . 141. Ogilby the great ; ] " John Ogilby was one , who , " from a late initiation into literature , made fuch a progress as " might well style him the ...
Page 112
... Translations and other pieces . He was concerned in a paper called the Cenfor , and a Tranf- lation of Ovid . " There is a notorious Idiot , one height Wha- " chum , who , from an under - fpur - leather to the law , is be- " come an ...
... Translations and other pieces . He was concerned in a paper called the Cenfor , and a Tranf- lation of Ovid . " There is a notorious Idiot , one height Wha- " chum , who , from an under - fpur - leather to the law , is be- " come an ...
Page 149
... translated : Thy Father , that most refulgent star of the Anglican Orb , " we much defire to adore ! O mighty Column of our Re- " public ! Oh Britain , fortunate in fuch an Hero ! That to " fuch and fo great a Man GOD was ever prefent ...
... translated : Thy Father , that most refulgent star of the Anglican Orb , " we much defire to adore ! O mighty Column of our Re- " public ! Oh Britain , fortunate in fuch an Hero ! That to " fuch and fo great a Man GOD was ever prefent ...
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