The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 86
... Because your dread decree too well I knew ; From Turnus and from earth unwilling I withdrew . Elfe fhould you not behold me here alone , Involv'd in empty clouds my friends bemoan ; But girt with vengeful flames , in open fight , Engag ...
... Because your dread decree too well I knew ; From Turnus and from earth unwilling I withdrew . Elfe fhould you not behold me here alone , Involv'd in empty clouds my friends bemoan ; But girt with vengeful flames , in open fight , Engag ...
Page 107
... because you have not written more . You have not fet me fufficient copy to transcribe ; and I cannot add one letter of my own invention , of which I have not the example there . if It is a general complaint against your Lordship , and I ...
... because you have not written more . You have not fet me fufficient copy to transcribe ; and I cannot add one letter of my own invention , of which I have not the example there . if It is a general complaint against your Lordship , and I ...
Page 108
... because I knew the author fate to himself when he drew the picture , and was the very Bayes of his own farce . Because alfo I knew , that my betters were more concerned than I was in that fatyr : and , lastly , because Mr. Smith and Mr ...
... because I knew the author fate to himself when he drew the picture , and was the very Bayes of his own farce . Because alfo I knew , that my betters were more concerned than I was in that fatyr : and , lastly , because Mr. Smith and Mr ...
Page 112
... because we have neither a liv- ing Varius , nor a Horace , in whofe excellencies both of Poems , Odes , and Satires you have equalled them , if our language had not yielded to the Roman majefty , and length of time had not added a ...
... because we have neither a liv- ing Varius , nor a Horace , in whofe excellencies both of Poems , Odes , and Satires you have equalled them , if our language had not yielded to the Roman majefty , and length of time had not added a ...
Page 115
... Boyardo , and in his alteration of his Poem , which is infinitely the worfe , imitates Homer fo very fervilely , that ( for example ) he gives the king of Jerufalem . fifty fons , only , because Homer had beftowed the I a DEDICATION . 115-
... Boyardo , and in his alteration of his Poem , which is infinitely the worfe , imitates Homer fo very fervilely , that ( for example ) he gives the king of Jerufalem . fifty fons , only , because Homer had beftowed the I a DEDICATION . 115-
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