The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... fate . Long the rude fury of an ignorant age , With barbarous fpite , prophan'd his facred page . The heavy Dutchmen , with laborious toil , Wrefted his fenfe , and cramp'd his vigorous ftyle ; No time , no pains , the drudging pedants ...
... fate . Long the rude fury of an ignorant age , With barbarous fpite , prophan'd his facred page . The heavy Dutchmen , with laborious toil , Wrefted his fenfe , and cramp'd his vigorous ftyle ; No time , no pains , the drudging pedants ...
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... Fate referv'd for you . In vain thus Philip did the Perfians storm ; A work his fon was deftin'd to perform . " O had Rofcommon liv'd to hail the day , " And fing loud Pæans through the crowded way ; " When you in Roman majesty appear ...
... Fate referv'd for you . In vain thus Philip did the Perfians storm ; A work his fon was deftin'd to perform . " O had Rofcommon liv'd to hail the day , " And fing loud Pæans through the crowded way ; " When you in Roman majesty appear ...
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... has been this facred Author's fate , To lie at every dull Translator's will ; Long , long his Muse has groan'd beneath the weight Of mangling Ogleby's prefumptuous quill . IV . Dryden , at laft , in his defence IV . 6 VERSES TO.
... has been this facred Author's fate , To lie at every dull Translator's will ; Long , long his Muse has groan'd beneath the weight Of mangling Ogleby's prefumptuous quill . IV . Dryden , at laft , in his defence IV . 6 VERSES TO.
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... owe him half to you , For that his Æneids mifs'd their threatned fate , Was --- that his friends by fome prediction knew , Hereafter , who correcting should translate . B 4 IX . IX . But hold , my Mufe , thy needlefs MR . DRYDEN .
... owe him half to you , For that his Æneids mifs'd their threatned fate , Was --- that his friends by fome prediction knew , Hereafter , who correcting should translate . B 4 IX . IX . But hold , my Mufe , thy needlefs MR . DRYDEN .
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... fate : my feeble goats With pains I drive from their forfaken cotes : And this you fee I fcarcely drag along , Who yeaning on the rocks has left her young ; ( The hope and promise of my failing fold . ) My lofs by dire portents the gods ...
... fate : my feeble goats With pains I drive from their forfaken cotes : And this you fee I fcarcely drag along , Who yeaning on the rocks has left her young ; ( The hope and promise of my failing fold . ) My lofs by dire portents the gods ...
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