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Of JANUARY and May , The Wife of Bath , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and Ovid , and the IMITATIONS of some ENGLISH Poets . T : THE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
Of JANUARY and May , The Wife of Bath , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and Ovid , and the IMITATIONS of some ENGLISH Poets . T : THE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
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One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way , but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way , but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
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As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I muit beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any observations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat• The ...
As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I muit beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any observations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat• The ...
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Ir we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem cqually excellent . The The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a ...
Ir we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem cqually excellent . The The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a ...
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... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , ProPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , ProPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
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