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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... Tongue , and I believe to any other Language whatfoever . Many Inftances might be brought to support this Affertion from Great Authorities . I fhall produce one from Shakespear . In dreadful Secrecy impart they did . This to me The ...
... Tongue , and I believe to any other Language whatfoever . Many Inftances might be brought to support this Affertion from Great Authorities . I fhall produce one from Shakespear . In dreadful Secrecy impart they did . This to me The ...
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... Tongue will be found to lye ; and for this reafon it may be faid to be more concife than the Latin ; which will appear if Virgil is turned into English , I mean even English Verfe . For Example : << Ubi tot Simois correpta fub undas ...
... Tongue will be found to lye ; and for this reafon it may be faid to be more concife than the Latin ; which will appear if Virgil is turned into English , I mean even English Verfe . For Example : << Ubi tot Simois correpta fub undas ...
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... Tongue . " Te | dulcis conjux | te | folo in littore | fecum , " Te veniente die | te decedente | canebat . I Of the fame Nature are many Lines in Milton , of which this is one : " Him first | Him last | Him midst | and without End . II ...
... Tongue . " Te | dulcis conjux | te | folo in littore | fecum , " Te veniente die | te decedente | canebat . I Of the fame Nature are many Lines in Milton , of which this is one : " Him first | Him last | Him midst | and without End . II ...
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... Tongue is an Exception to this general Rule ; that Matter perhaps may be difputed , or a particular Answer might be ... Tongues that are diftinguished in the learned World . It is no wonder that Verse without Rhyme has fo many Advocates ...
... Tongue is an Exception to this general Rule ; that Matter perhaps may be difputed , or a particular Answer might be ... Tongues that are diftinguished in the learned World . It is no wonder that Verse without Rhyme has fo many Advocates ...
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... Tongue , a thing as fatal to the Language of any Country , as to Religion it- felf . But now we have all that Service in the verna cular Tongue ; and befides that , the Bible in Eng- lifh , which may be properly called the Standard of ...
... Tongue , a thing as fatal to the Language of any Country , as to Religion it- felf . But now we have all that Service in the verna cular Tongue ; and befides that , the Bible in Eng- lifh , which may be properly called the Standard of ...
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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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