The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Sappho to Phaon. Eloisa to Abelard. The temple of fame. January and May. The wife of Bath. The first book of Statius's Thebais. The fable of Dryope. Vertumnus and Pomona. Imitations [of English poets] Miscellanies. EpitaphsJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... himself tranflated but fix . We can now boast of happy translations in verse of almost all the great poets of anti- quity , whilft the French have been poorly contented with only profe translations of Homer and Horace ; which , fays ...
... himself tranflated but fix . We can now boast of happy translations in verse of almost all the great poets of anti- quity , whilft the French have been poorly contented with only profe translations of Homer and Horace ; which , fays ...
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... himself boasts , that when he retired into the country , he was followed by fuch immenfe crouds of scholars , that they could get neither lodgings nor provisions fufficient for them : " Ut nec locus hofpitiis , nec terra fufficeret ...
... himself boasts , that when he retired into the country , he was followed by fuch immenfe crouds of scholars , that they could get neither lodgings nor provisions fufficient for them : " Ut nec locus hofpitiis , nec terra fufficeret ...
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... himself fays that she was " Facie non infima . " Her extraordinary learning many circumstances concur to confirm ; particularly one , which is , that the Nuns of the Paraclete are wont to have the office of Whitfunday read to them in ...
... himself fays that she was " Facie non infima . " Her extraordinary learning many circumstances concur to confirm ; particularly one , which is , that the Nuns of the Paraclete are wont to have the office of Whitfunday read to them in ...
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... Himself , his throne , his world , I'd fcorn ' em all ; Nor Cæfar's emprefs would I deign to prove ; No , make me mistress to the man I love ; If there be yet another name more free , More fond than mistress , make me that to thee ! Oh ...
... Himself , his throne , his world , I'd fcorn ' em all ; Nor Cæfar's emprefs would I deign to prove ; No , make me mistress to the man I love ; If there be yet another name more free , More fond than mistress , make me that to thee ! Oh ...
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... himself in the Languages , and carried by his early bent to Poetry to perform them rather in Verse than Profe . Mr. Dryden's Fables came out about that time , which occafioned the Tranflations from Chaucer . They were first separately ...
... himself in the Languages , and carried by his early bent to Poetry to perform them rather in Verse than Profe . Mr. Dryden's Fables came out about that time , which occafioned the Tranflations from Chaucer . They were first separately ...
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againſt almoſt beauty beſt bleft breaſt cauſe charms Chaucer CHIG cloſe defcription defign Dryope Dunciad eaſe Epiftle Eteocles Ev'n ev'ry expreffion eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fays feems feen fhade fhall fhine fide figh fince firſt flain flame foft fome foul ftill fubject fuch fure grace hæc heart heav'n himſelf houſe huſband IMITATIONS itſelf juſt Lady laft laſt lefs loft Lord lov'd MICHIG mihi moſt muſt night NOTES numbers nymph o'er obferves occafion Ovid paffage paffion Petrarch Phaon Phoebus Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope Pope's pow'r praiſe quæ reafon reft reſt rife riſe RSITY Sappho ſhade ſhe ſhould Sir William Wyndham SITY ſkies ſpeak ſpread ſtate Statius ſtill tears Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi tranflation Twas UNIV uſe verfe verſes Vertumnus WARTON whofe whoſe wife
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