The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations, Volume 4Rivington, 1811 |
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... feet to ply ; Who had not ftrength to ftand , had fpeed to fly ! Hector came on , and brought the gods along ; Fear feiz'd alike the feeble and the strong : 132 Each Greek was an Ulyffes ; fuch a dread 135 6 THE SPEECHES OF.
... feet to ply ; Who had not ftrength to ftand , had fpeed to fly ! Hector came on , and brought the gods along ; Fear feiz'd alike the feeble and the strong : 132 Each Greek was an Ulyffes ; fuch a dread 135 6 THE SPEECHES OF.
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Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations John Dryden. Each Greek was an Ulyffes ; fuch a dread 135 Th ' approach , and ev'n the found of Hector bred : Him , flesh'd with flaughter , and with conqueft crown'd , 140 I met , and ...
Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations John Dryden. Each Greek was an Ulyffes ; fuch a dread 135 Th ' approach , and ev'n the found of Hector bred : Him , flesh'd with flaughter , and with conqueft crown'd , 140 I met , and ...
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... Greeks , whom ( as the masters of their learning ) the Romans ufually did imitate . But it appears not from their writings , that any of the Grecians ever touched upon this way , which our Poet therefore juftly has vindi- cated to ...
... Greeks , whom ( as the masters of their learning ) the Romans ufually did imitate . But it appears not from their writings , that any of the Grecians ever touched upon this way , which our Poet therefore juftly has vindi- cated to ...
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... Greek Poet : Brevis effe laboro , obfcurus fio : either perfpicuity or gracefulness will frequently be wanting . Horace has , indeed , avoided both these rocks in his tranflation of the three firft lines of Ho- mer's Odyffey , which he ...
... Greek Poet : Brevis effe laboro , obfcurus fio : either perfpicuity or gracefulness will frequently be wanting . Horace has , indeed , avoided both these rocks in his tranflation of the three firft lines of Ho- mer's Odyffey , which he ...
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... Greek . And hence ' tis often feen , the fimple fhun The learn'd , and into vile embraces run . Part of my task is done , and part to do : But here ' tis time to reft myself and you . 885 FROM OVID'S AMOURS . BOOK I. ELEG . 1 . OVID'S ...
... Greek . And hence ' tis often feen , the fimple fhun The learn'd , and into vile embraces run . Part of my task is done , and part to do : But here ' tis time to reft myself and you . 885 FROM OVID'S AMOURS . BOOK I. ELEG . 1 . OVID'S ...
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Page 256 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Page 275 - Homer, whose age had not arrived to that fineness, I found in him a true sublimity, lofty thoughts, which were clothed with admirable Grecisms, and ancient words, which he had been digging from the mines of Chaucer and Spenser, and which, with all their rusticity, had somewhat of venerable in them. But I found not there neither that for which I looked.
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Page 181 - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
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