An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... Latin tranflator Virgil , he has merited but little applaufe . It may not be unentertaining to see Paft . ii . ver . 21 . Ibid . ver . 65 . + Paft . iii . ver . 24 . Paft . iv . ver . 81 . Paft . ii . ver . 41 . §§ Ibid . ver . 14 . how ...
... Latin tranflator Virgil , he has merited but little applaufe . It may not be unentertaining to see Paft . ii . ver . 21 . Ibid . ver . 65 . + Paft . iii . ver . 24 . Paft . iv . ver . 81 . Paft . ii . ver . 41 . §§ Ibid . ver . 14 . how ...
Page 14
... latin prelections on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature * Ver . 91 . has has lately received ; and ...
... latin prelections on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature * Ver . 91 . has has lately received ; and ...
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... latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame time , what justice obliges me to add , that they are far more incorrect . For in the very ode before us , occur one or two ...
... latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame time , what justice obliges me to add , that they are far more incorrect . For in the very ode before us , occur one or two ...
Page 65
... Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek . " Tantò eft fermo gr¿cus latino jucundior , fays Quintilian , in his twelfth book , ut noftri poet¿ ...
... Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek . " Tantò eft fermo gr¿cus latino jucundior , fays Quintilian , in his twelfth book , ut noftri poet¿ ...
Page 69
... Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with a noble spirit of liberty . I muft refer ...
... Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with a noble spirit of liberty . I muft refer ...
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