Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Nide 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... translated from the Greek ( 2 vols . 4to , Lond . Cadell , 1780 ) , in which Swift's indebtedness to Lucian is mentioned in the preface , vol . i . p . xvii . that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of 32 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... translated from the Greek ( 2 vols . 4to , Lond . Cadell , 1780 ) , in which Swift's indebtedness to Lucian is mentioned in the preface , vol . i . p . xvii . that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of 32 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... translating Odes of Anacreon , which he published in the “ Gentleman's Magazine , ” under the name of Chester . He died at Bath , November 16 , 1745 , and was buried in the Abbey Church . Of Broome , though it cannot be said that he was ...
... translating Odes of Anacreon , which he published in the “ Gentleman's Magazine , ” under the name of Chester . He died at Bath , November 16 , 1745 , and was buried in the Abbey Church . Of Broome , though it cannot be said that he was ...
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... translated Esop's Fables into English verse , and soon after started a theatre in Dublin . The breaking out of the rebellion in Ireland ruined him , and after suffering shipwreck on the voyage , he arrived destitute in London . He made ...
... translated Esop's Fables into English verse , and soon after started a theatre in Dublin . The breaking out of the rebellion in Ireland ruined him , and after suffering shipwreck on the voyage , he arrived destitute in London . He made ...
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... translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his ... translated more than a fourth part of the " Metamorphoses . " If he kept the same proportion in his other exercises ...
... translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original composition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his ... translated more than a fourth part of the " Metamorphoses . " If he kept the same proportion in his other exercises ...
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... translated likewise the Epistle of " Sappho to Phaon " from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . 997 66 99 6 He sometimes imitated the English ...
... translated likewise the Epistle of " Sappho to Phaon " from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . 997 66 99 6 He sometimes imitated the English ...
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Sivu 22 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Sivu 171 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Sivu 18 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Sivu 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Sivu 23 - STRABO'S Geography. Translated by W. Falconer, MA, and HC Hamilton. 3 vols. 5^. each. STRICKLAND'S (Agnes) Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. Revised Edition. With 6 Portraits. 6 vols. 5*. each. Life of Mary Queen of Soots. 2 vols. 5*. each. Lives of the Tudor and Stuart Princesses. With Portraits. 5*.
Sivu 20 - Craven.' With 62 Engravings on Wood after Harvey, and 9 Engravings on Steel, chiefly after A. Cooper, RA 5*.
Sivu 182 - The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.
Sivu 5 - CASTLE (E.) Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. By Egerton Castle, MA, FSA With a Complete Bibliography. Illustrated with 140 Reproductions of Old Engravings and 6 Plates of Swords, showing 114 Examples. 6s.
Sivu 172 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Sivu 9 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.