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PRE FACE E. I f a man should undertake to translate Pindar word for word , it would be thought that one mail - man had translated another ; as may appear , when he that understands not the original , reads the verbal traduction of him ...
PRE FACE E. I f a man should undertake to translate Pindar word for word , it would be thought that one mail - man had translated another ; as may appear , when he that understands not the original , reads the verbal traduction of him ...
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And , left the name of verse should give Malicious men pretext to misbelieve , By the Caftalian waters swear ( A sacred oath no poets dare To take in vain , No more than Gods do that of Styx propliane ) , Swear , in no city e'er before ...
And , left the name of verse should give Malicious men pretext to misbelieve , By the Caftalian waters swear ( A sacred oath no poets dare To take in vain , No more than Gods do that of Styx propliane ) , Swear , in no city e'er before ...
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... ev'n by the receivers : * Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion , Rather to hide , than pay , the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than fo ; It now an artifice does grow , Wrongs and outrages to do , Left men should think we owe .
... ev'n by the receivers : * Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion , Rather to hide , than pay , the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than fo ; It now an artifice does grow , Wrongs and outrages to do , Left men should think we owe .
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With Jove , my song ; this happy man Young Chromius , too , with Jove began ; , From hence came his success , Nor ought he therefore like it less , Since the best fame is that of happiness ; For whom should we esteem above The men whom ...
With Jove , my song ; this happy man Young Chromius , too , with Jove began ; , From hence came his success , Nor ought he therefore like it less , Since the best fame is that of happiness ; For whom should we esteem above The men whom ...
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... the things t'ensue ; C2 From From what monsters he should free The earth , the FIRST NEM ÆAN ODE . * 19.
... the things t'ensue ; C2 From From what monsters he should free The earth , the FIRST NEM ÆAN ODE . * 19.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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