The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; with translations from the Latin of dr. Lowth, mr. Gray, and other. By J. Hampson |
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... should be less solicitous for the reception it may find in the world , and less anxious . to apologize , for having prefumed , without previous communication , thus publicly to introduce it to your Lordship's notice . As it is usual ...
... should be less solicitous for the reception it may find in the world , and less anxious . to apologize , for having prefumed , without previous communication , thus publicly to introduce it to your Lordship's notice . As it is usual ...
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... should become the dignity of the subject , made choice of Vida as the most proper person to carry it into execution . Merit is generally modeft ; and our poet , though well aware of the difficulties he would have to encounter , did not ...
... should become the dignity of the subject , made choice of Vida as the most proper person to carry it into execution . Merit is generally modeft ; and our poet , though well aware of the difficulties he would have to encounter , did not ...
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... treats of the excel- lencies of foreign countries , should take care to exalt Italy above them all , was a picture of his own mind ; an ebullition of national vanity , the more excufable as it is so common ; and pro- b2 [ xi ]
... treats of the excel- lencies of foreign countries , should take care to exalt Italy above them all , was a picture of his own mind ; an ebullition of national vanity , the more excufable as it is so common ; and pro- b2 [ xi ]
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... should borrow either his sentiments or his language ; since the subject of the Poetics turned upon themes , of which Virgil never had occafion to write ; and of which therefore he has never faid a fyllable . I conclude with observing ...
... should borrow either his sentiments or his language ; since the subject of the Poetics turned upon themes , of which Virgil never had occafion to write ; and of which therefore he has never faid a fyllable . I conclude with observing ...
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... should certainly have laid mine aside . But having already gone fo far ; being informed too that Mr Pitt's translation was out of print , and observing that it contained no life of the author , and was without notes , which seemed ...
... should certainly have laid mine aside . But having already gone fo far ; being informed too that Mr Pitt's translation was out of print , and observing that it contained no life of the author , and was without notes , which seemed ...
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Page 233 - A work t' outlast immortal Rome design'd, Perhaps he seem'd above the Critic's law, And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw: But when t' examine ev'ry part he came, Nature and Homer were, he found, the same.
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Page 237 - And seek the homely cots, or mountain's hollow side. The rapid rains, descending from the hills, To rolling torrents raise the creeping rills. The queen and prince, as Love or Fortune guides, One common cavern in her bosom hides.
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