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... by a mistaken ambition of exactness, degraded at once their originals and
themselves. Denham saw the better way, but has not pursued it with great
success. His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please
better.
... by a mistaken ambition of exactness, degraded at once their originals and
themselves. Denham saw the better way, but has not pursued it with great
success. His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please
better.
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To him no author was unknown, "Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit
, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them
appear, Their garb, but not their cloaths, did wear." As one of Denham's principal
...
To him no author was unknown, "Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit
, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them
appear, Their garb, but not their cloaths, did wear." As one of Denham's principal
...
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... engaged ; beholds no condition in which he : 172 MILTON. can by any effort of
imagination place. * But, says Dr. Warton, it has throughout a reference to human
life and actions. C. * The Earl of Surrey translated two books of Virgil MILTON.
... engaged ; beholds no condition in which he : 172 MILTON. can by any effort of
imagination place. * But, says Dr. Warton, it has throughout a reference to human
life and actions. C. * The Earl of Surrey translated two books of Virgil MILTON.
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Rhyme, he says, and says truly, is no necessary adjunct of true poetry. But,
perhaps, of poetry, as a V MILTON. 1811 . \ /»*"..-*' mental operation, metre or. *
The Earl of Surrey translated two books of Virgil without rhyme ; the second and
the ...
Rhyme, he says, and says truly, is no necessary adjunct of true poetry. But,
perhaps, of poetry, as a V MILTON. 1811 . \ /»*"..-*' mental operation, metre or. *
The Earl of Surrey translated two books of Virgil without rhyme ; the second and
the ...
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Among his smaller works, the Eclogue of Virgil and the Dies Irce are well
translated ; though the best line in the Dies Iroc is borrowed from Dry den. In
return, succeeding poets have borrowed from Roscommon. In the verses on the
Lap-dog, ...
Among his smaller works, the Eclogue of Virgil and the Dies Irce are well
translated ; though the best line in the Dies Iroc is borrowed from Dry den. In
return, succeeding poets have borrowed from Roscommon. In the verses on the
Lap-dog, ...
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