Letters Concerning Poetical Translations, and Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c..J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane., 1739 - 83 страница |
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... Heav'n ) came to Italy and " the Lavinian Coaft . " Here you perceive the 66 Subject - matter is retarded by the Inverfion of the Phrafe , and by that Parenthefis , the Fugitive of Heaven , all which occafions Delay ; and Delay ( as a ...
... Heav'n ) came to Italy and " the Lavinian Coaft . " Here you perceive the 66 Subject - matter is retarded by the Inverfion of the Phrafe , and by that Parenthefis , the Fugitive of Heaven , all which occafions Delay ; and Delay ( as a ...
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... Heav'n , " Came to th ' Italian and Lavinian Coaft ; II . " Arms and the Man I fing , the first who bore " His Course to Latium from the Trojan Shore.- The first Translation is exact in every respect : You have in it the Sufpence and ...
... Heav'n , " Came to th ' Italian and Lavinian Coaft ; II . " Arms and the Man I fing , the first who bore " His Course to Latium from the Trojan Shore.- The first Translation is exact in every respect : You have in it the Sufpence and ...
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... Heav'n , Came to th ' Italian and Lavinian Coaft ; Much o'er the Earth was He , and Ocean toft , By Heavenly Powers , and Juno's lasting Rage ; Much too He bore , long Wars compell'd to wage ; E'er He the Town could raife , and of his ...
... Heav'n , Came to th ' Italian and Lavinian Coaft ; Much o'er the Earth was He , and Ocean toft , By Heavenly Powers , and Juno's lasting Rage ; Much too He bore , long Wars compell'd to wage ; E'er He the Town could raife , and of his ...
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... Heav'n did thus her fury vent . The Metre of this Line , as the Words are here rang'd , is not bad , as the Ear can judge ; but it would have been extremely fo , if he had writ it thus , " The Queen of Heaven her Fury thus did vent ...
... Heav'n did thus her fury vent . The Metre of this Line , as the Words are here rang'd , is not bad , as the Ear can judge ; but it would have been extremely fo , if he had writ it thus , " The Queen of Heaven her Fury thus did vent ...
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... Heav'n could on Man be- ftow . " Much Dangers firft , much Toil did he sustain , " Whilft Saul and Hellcroft his ftrong Fate in vain . " Nor did his Crown | lefs painful Work afford- Here we have feven Lines , and all of them , ex- cept ...
... Heav'n could on Man be- ftow . " Much Dangers firft , much Toil did he sustain , " Whilft Saul and Hellcroft his ftrong Fate in vain . " Nor did his Crown | lefs painful Work afford- Here we have feven Lines , and all of them , ex- cept ...
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Æneid Alliteratio Alliteration Allufio Verborum Arthur Onslow auxiliary Verb becauſe Beginning Caïcus Carthage celebrated Lines Coaft Collocation concife Conclufion Cowley dedit Dryden Dunciad eafily Eneid English Language English Verfe Ennius Eridanus Erythraus Example faid fame fecond femper feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fing firft Line firſt foft fome fonitu Foot fpeaking ftrong fuch Goddeſs Greek Harmony Heav'n Homer Iambick Iliad Inftance infuper altos Italian itſelf juft laft laſt Latin Latin Language Letter Majefty Meaſure mighty Milton Milton's Verfification moft Monofyllables moſt Mufick muſt obferve occafion opaci Ovid Paffage Paradife Loft Paufe Pauſe perceiv'd Perfons Pit's plac'd pleaſe plural Numbers Poems Poetry poffible Pope Pow'r prefent Profe publick quæ quod raiſe Reaſon refpect rhym'd Verfe Rhyme Senfe Senſe Simois Stile Syllables taking notice terram thefe theſe Lines thing thoſe Tongue Tranflation Trapp uſe varying vero Verſe Virgil Voffius whence Words
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