The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). DRYDEN'S VIRGIL . VOLUME I. a 2 W THE ORK S O F VIRGI TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). DRYDEN'S VIRGIL . VOLUME I. a 2 W THE ORK S O F VIRGI TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
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John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). W THE ORK S O F VIRGI TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH L : VERSE , BY MR . DRYDEN . VOL . V. B To MR . DRYDEN , ON HIS EXCELLENT TRANSLATION OF.
John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). W THE ORK S O F VIRGI TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH L : VERSE , BY MR . DRYDEN . VOL . V. B To MR . DRYDEN , ON HIS EXCELLENT TRANSLATION OF.
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... TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL . " HENE'ER great Virgil's lofty verse I see , WH The pompous fcene charms my admiring eye : There different beauties in perfection meet ; The thoughts as proper , as the numbers fweet : And when wild Fancy mounts ...
... TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL . " HENE'ER great Virgil's lofty verse I see , WH The pompous fcene charms my admiring eye : There different beauties in perfection meet ; The thoughts as proper , as the numbers fweet : And when wild Fancy mounts ...
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... TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL . I. WE read , how dreams and visions heretofore The Prophet and the Poet could inspire ; And ... Translator's will ; Long , long his Muse has groan'd beneath the weight Of mangling Ogleby's prefumptuous quill . IV ...
... TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL . I. WE read , how dreams and visions heretofore The Prophet and the Poet could inspire ; And ... Translator's will ; Long , long his Muse has groan'd beneath the weight Of mangling Ogleby's prefumptuous quill . IV ...
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... 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 .
... 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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