The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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Page 75
... Pindar . See the Preface to that gentleman's Poems . In the rape of Ganymede , who was carried up to Jupiter by an eagle , according to the Poetical History . III . Then , darting with impetuous fury down , ЕРІТАРН . 75.
... Pindar . See the Preface to that gentleman's Poems . In the rape of Ganymede , who was carried up to Jupiter by an eagle , according to the Poetical History . III . Then , darting with impetuous fury down , ЕРІТАРН . 75.
Page 113
... Pindar . Paufanias tells us , that the cha- racter of Poet was really and truly confecrated in his person , by the God of Poets himself * , who was pleased by an exprefs oracle to order the inhabitants of Delphi to fet apart for Pindar ...
... Pindar . Paufanias tells us , that the cha- racter of Poet was really and truly confecrated in his person , by the God of Poets himself * , who was pleased by an exprefs oracle to order the inhabitants of Delphi to fet apart for Pindar ...
Page 114
... Pindar , as they are the only living evidences of his character . Among the moderns * those men of learning of the truest taste and judgment , who have read and confider- ed the writings of this Author in their original language , have ...
... Pindar , as they are the only living evidences of his character . Among the moderns * those men of learning of the truest taste and judgment , who have read and confider- ed the writings of this Author in their original language , have ...
Page 115
... Pindar in the Tranflations he made of two of his Odes . I fay not this to detract from Mr. Cowley , whofe genius , per- haps , was not inferior to that of Pindar himself , or either of thofe other two great Poets , Horace and Virgil ...
... Pindar in the Tranflations he made of two of his Odes . I fay not this to detract from Mr. Cowley , whofe genius , per- haps , was not inferior to that of Pindar himself , or either of thofe other two great Poets , Horace and Virgil ...
Page 116
... Pindar ) have fallen themselves , and by their examples have led the world , into two mistakes with regard to the character of Pin- dar : both which are pointed out by Mr. Congreve in the Preface above - mentioned , and in the following ...
... Pindar ) have fallen themselves , and by their examples have led the world , into two mistakes with regard to the character of Pin- dar : both which are pointed out by Mr. Congreve in the Preface above - mentioned , and in the following ...
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