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Page viii
... reader is mistaken if he thinks that ei- ther in this preface , or in the following work the hundredth part of our critics errors are corrected . No : I have given the reader his proper cue , and to perfue it farther , leave it in his ...
... reader is mistaken if he thinks that ei- ther in this preface , or in the following work the hundredth part of our critics errors are corrected . No : I have given the reader his proper cue , and to perfue it farther , leave it in his ...
Page x
... reader fay when he turns to Fairfax , [ B. VII . ft . 27. ] and finds the verse thus printed , " His1 STALWORTH fteed the champion fout " bestrode . " And what will be think of a commentator , that either has not learning to read ...
... reader fay when he turns to Fairfax , [ B. VII . ft . 27. ] and finds the verse thus printed , " His1 STALWORTH fteed the champion fout " bestrode . " And what will be think of a commentator , that either has not learning to read ...
Page xii
... reader , yet I think I can give fome account of it . Daniel Heinfius wrote fome cursory notes on Theocritus , in which these words , ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΝ ΕΚ ΘΑΛΑΜΟΥ , be renders virginem intactam . Becaufe , it feems , Θύρσις ἐξ Αἴτνας wας Θύρσις ὁ ...
... reader , yet I think I can give fome account of it . Daniel Heinfius wrote fome cursory notes on Theocritus , in which these words , ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΝ ΕΚ ΘΑΛΑΜΟΥ , be renders virginem intactam . Becaufe , it feems , Θύρσις ἐξ Αἴτνας wας Θύρσις ὁ ...
Page xv
... reader that the citation proves . — But let us see the passage as it ftands in the original : Agamemnon being roufed by a Dream fent from Jupiter gets up before break of day , and dresses himself first in a foft , handsome and new tunic ...
... reader that the citation proves . — But let us see the passage as it ftands in the original : Agamemnon being roufed by a Dream fent from Jupiter gets up before break of day , and dresses himself first in a foft , handsome and new tunic ...
Page xvi
... reader now turn to the preface and notes of this late - taught critic , and reflect a little on the bluftering language and Pistol - diction . " But you must learn to know fuch flanders " of the age , or else you may be marvelously mif ...
... reader now turn to the preface and notes of this late - taught critic , and reflect a little on the bluftering language and Pistol - diction . " But you must learn to know fuch flanders " of the age , or else you may be marvelously mif ...
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