Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... Virgil , Aen . IV , 256 . which , among many other corrections , I chiefly make choice of , because some have been deceiv'd into an opinion of its fu- perior excellency and I will give it in his own words , from a note on Horace , Lib ...
... Virgil , Aen . IV , 256 . which , among many other corrections , I chiefly make choice of , because some have been deceiv'd into an opinion of its fu- perior excellency and I will give it in his own words , from a note on Horace , Lib ...
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... Virgil . The next fault is the rime volabat , fecabat : If there was any ftop after volabat and fecabat , fome answer or apology fhould be made . But there is actually no more jingle in thofe verfes of Virgil , than in thefe of Milton ...
... Virgil . The next fault is the rime volabat , fecabat : If there was any ftop after volabat and fecabat , fome answer or apology fhould be made . But there is actually no more jingle in thofe verfes of Virgil , than in thefe of Milton ...
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... Virgil , Milton has finely imitated in his 5th book . y . 265 . & c . where the Dr. is at his old work , hacking and hewing . Were I to give an instance of Bentley's critical skill , I should not forget that place in the Plutus of ...
... Virgil , Milton has finely imitated in his 5th book . y . 265 . & c . where the Dr. is at his old work , hacking and hewing . Were I to give an instance of Bentley's critical skill , I should not forget that place in the Plutus of ...
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... Virgil in " Latin , rime being no neceflary adjunct or " 6 « true Perhaps bishop Burnet took his cenfure from Dryden's dedication before the translation of Juvenal ; where he says , that Milton " runs into a flat of thought fometimes ...
... Virgil in " Latin , rime being no neceflary adjunct or " 6 « true Perhaps bishop Burnet took his cenfure from Dryden's dedication before the translation of Juvenal ; where he says , that Milton " runs into a flat of thought fometimes ...
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... Virgil and Horace were not wedded to follow the faults of former fathers , ( a fhrewd marriage " in greater matters ) but by right imitation of the perfect " Grecians , had brought poetry to perfectnefs alfo in the " Latin tongue ; that ...
... Virgil and Horace were not wedded to follow the faults of former fathers , ( a fhrewd marriage " in greater matters ) but by right imitation of the perfect " Grecians , had brought poetry to perfectnefs alfo in the " Latin tongue ; that ...
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