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... denominates the chief of clerks . Of the Latin language his knowledge was
undoubtedly extensive : and as he has informed us that Lord Sinclair requested
him to translate Homer , we may conclude that he was also acquainted with
Greek 26.
... denominates the chief of clerks . Of the Latin language his knowledge was
undoubtedly extensive : and as he has informed us that Lord Sinclair requested
him to translate Homer , we may conclude that he was also acquainted with
Greek 26.
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In his translation of Virgil he professes to be scrupulous in rejecting Anglicisms :
and indeed his language is generally remote from that of the English poets . But
he has imported many exotic terms from another quarter ; his familiarity with the ...
In his translation of Virgil he professes to be scrupulous in rejecting Anglicisms :
and indeed his language is generally remote from that of the English poets . But
he has imported many exotic terms from another quarter ; his familiarity with the ...
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... With youtheid and his lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure
, And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . $ Tyrwhitt ' s Essay on the
Language and Versification of Chaucer , P . 91 . For wes he never yit with
schouris schot ...
... With youtheid and his lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure
, And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . $ Tyrwhitt ' s Essay on the
Language and Versification of Chaucer , P . 91 . For wes he never yit with
schouris schot ...
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But the grammar even of the English language remained altogether unfixed and
imperfect for the space of nearly two cen· Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine
Elegiaco concinnata , authore Thonia Hobbio Malmesburiensi . Opus
posthumum .
But the grammar even of the English language remained altogether unfixed and
imperfect for the space of nearly two cen· Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine
Elegiaco concinnata , authore Thonia Hobbio Malmesburiensi . Opus
posthumum .
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For although the learned and acute Dr Wallis , as well as other respectable
scholars , had investigated the genius of the language with critical nicety , yet
their speculations did not lend any new precision or correctness to vernacular ...
For although the learned and acute Dr Wallis , as well as other respectable
scholars , had investigated the genius of the language with critical nicety , yet
their speculations did not lend any new precision or correctness to vernacular ...
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| Наслов | The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Том 2 The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, David Irving |
| Аутор | David Irving |
| Издавач | Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет Харвард |
| Дигитализовано | 18 јан 2008 |
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