The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Ana- creon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Ana- creon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
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... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it 46 COWLEY .
... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it 46 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep ...
Samuel Johnson. the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep ...
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... translation from servility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that if he left versification yet improveable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
... translation from servility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that if he left versification yet improveable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
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... translated the second book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he re- turned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left ...
... translated the second book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he re- turned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left ...
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