The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Volumen21781 |
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... verfions of their works by different hands . Of the English Tacitus he tranflated the first book and , if Gordon be credited , translated it from the French . Such a charge can hardly be mentioned without fome degree of indigna- tion ...
... verfions of their works by different hands . Of the English Tacitus he tranflated the first book and , if Gordon be credited , translated it from the French . Such a charge can hardly be mentioned without fome degree of indigna- tion ...
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... verfion of Xavier's Life is commend- ed by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ; and the occafion of it is faid to have been , that the Queen , when fhe folicited a fon , made vows to him as her tutelary faint . He was fuppofed ...
... verfion of Xavier's Life is commend- ed by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ; and the occafion of it is faid to have been , that the Queen , when fhe folicited a fon , made vows to him as her tutelary faint . He was fuppofed ...
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... verfion of the works of Virgil ; and that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Pasto- rals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This œconomy of flat ...
... verfion of the works of Virgil ; and that no opportunity of profit might be loft , dedicated the Pasto- rals to the lord Clifford , the Georgics to the earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This œconomy of flat ...
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... verfion of the whole . Confidering into what hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his fchemes and labours . On On the first ...
... verfion of the whole . Confidering into what hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his fchemes and labours . On On the first ...
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... verfion of three tragedies by a defence of clofe tranflation . The authority of Horace , which the new tranflators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a judicious explanation , taken fairly from them ; but reason wants not ...
... verfion of three tragedies by a defence of clofe tranflation . The authority of Horace , which the new tranflators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a judicious explanation , taken fairly from them ; but reason wants not ...
Términos y frases comunes
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