The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 98
... excel- lent ; but is rather an imitation of Virgil , than a ver- fion . That I have recovered in fome meafure the health which had lost by too much application to this work , is owing , next to God's mercy , to the skill and care of Dr ...
... excel- lent ; but is rather an imitation of Virgil , than a ver- fion . That I have recovered in fome meafure the health which had lost by too much application to this work , is owing , next to God's mercy , to the skill and care of Dr ...
Page 105
... excel him , that you add that pointedness of thought , which is vifibly wanting in our great.Roman . There is more of falt in all your verses , than I have feen in any of the moderns , or even of the ancients : but you have been fparing ...
... excel him , that you add that pointedness of thought , which is vifibly wanting in our great.Roman . There is more of falt in all your verses , than I have feen in any of the moderns , or even of the ancients : but you have been fparing ...
Page 106
... excel him in the manner , and the words . I read you both with the fame admiration , but not with the fame delight . He affects the metaphyfics , not only in his fatires , but in his amorous verfes , where nature only fhould reign ; and ...
... excel him in the manner , and the words . I read you both with the fame admiration , but not with the fame delight . He affects the metaphyfics , not only in his fatires , but in his amorous verfes , where nature only fhould reign ; and ...
Page 181
... excel the other in both qualities , can fcarce give better reafons for their opinion , than I for mine : but all unbiaffed readers will conclude , that my moderation is not to be condemned : to fuch impartial men I must appeal : for ...
... excel the other in both qualities , can fcarce give better reafons for their opinion , than I for mine : but all unbiaffed readers will conclude , that my moderation is not to be condemned : to fuch impartial men I must appeal : for ...
Page 193
... excel- lent , as the verfe of his translation and his English are lame and pitiful . For it is not enough to give us the meaning of a poet , which I acknowledge him to have performed most faithfully , but he must also imitate his genius ...
... excel- lent , as the verfe of his translation and his English are lame and pitiful . For it is not enough to give us the meaning of a poet , which I acknowledge him to have performed most faithfully , but he must also imitate his genius ...
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