Spenser. Shakespeare. Milton. Dryden. Pope. YoungD. N. Shury, 1807 |
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Page 111
... Iliad , are not of this nature ; nor to re- " prehend Virgil's simile of the Top , and 66 66 1 many others of the same kind , in the " Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I think we may say , " without derogating ...
... Iliad , are not of this nature ; nor to re- " prehend Virgil's simile of the Top , and 66 66 1 many others of the same kind , in the " Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I think we may say , " without derogating ...
Page 173
... Iliad , he expressed to him a degree of surprize , that he had not determined to translate that poem into blank verse ; especially as Milton had set him the example , in writing his heroick poem . Pope replied , that " he could , " with ...
... Iliad , he expressed to him a degree of surprize , that he had not determined to translate that poem into blank verse ; especially as Milton had set him the example , in writing his heroick poem . Pope replied , that " he could , " with ...
Page 299
... in the croud . Will you give me leave to go a little too far ? -1 take the last very unfortunate specimen that I shall give you of Dry- den's poetry , from his translation of the first book of the Iliad : Risum teneatis , amici 299.
... in the croud . Will you give me leave to go a little too far ? -1 take the last very unfortunate specimen that I shall give you of Dry- den's poetry , from his translation of the first book of the Iliad : Risum teneatis , amici 299.
Page 300
... Iliad was not com- " pleated . " - Life of Dryden : p . 78. The risibility which these absurdities naturally excite , will be immediately repressed by every humane mind , when it considers that they were not merely occasioned by some ...
... Iliad was not com- " pleated . " - Life of Dryden : p . 78. The risibility which these absurdities naturally excite , will be immediately repressed by every humane mind , when it considers that they were not merely occasioned by some ...
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... Iliad of Homer ! With the idea of the vigour , and display of our intellec- tual faculties , at the latest period of life ; and when age hath enfeebled , and almost exhausted the strength , and activity of the body , we ought to ...
... Iliad of Homer ! With the idea of the vigour , and display of our intellec- tual faculties , at the latest period of life ; and when age hath enfeebled , and almost exhausted the strength , and activity of the body , we ought to ...
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