Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the poftfcript to his own translation of all Virgil's works : Wherein I have often wondered that he did not , at the fame time , acknow- ledge his obligation to Mr. Addison ...
... Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the poftfcript to his own translation of all Virgil's works : Wherein I have often wondered that he did not , at the fame time , acknow- ledge his obligation to Mr. Addison ...
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... Virgil , which had been by him communicated to his friend . The affiftance , he occafionally gave him afterwards in the courfe of the paper , did not a little contribute to advance its reputation ; and , upon the change of the miniftry ...
... Virgil , which had been by him communicated to his friend . The affiftance , he occafionally gave him afterwards in the courfe of the paper , did not a little contribute to advance its reputation ; and , upon the change of the miniftry ...
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... Virgil's Fourth Georgic , except the Story of Ariftæus , 20 4I To Mr. 45 A Song . For St. Cecilia's day at Oxford , An Account of the greatest English Poets . Henry Sacheverell , April 3 , 1694 , Lettera fcritta d ' Italia al molto ...
... Virgil's Fourth Georgic , except the Story of Ariftæus , 20 4I To Mr. 45 A Song . For St. Cecilia's day at Oxford , An Account of the greatest English Poets . Henry Sacheverell , April 3 , 1694 , Lettera fcritta d ' Italia al molto ...
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... Hermaphroditus , from the Fourth Book of Ovid's Metamorphofes , 268 Notes on fome of the foregoing Stories in Ovid's Me- tamorphofes , An Effay on Virgil's Georgics , 275 297 POEMS POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . VOL . I. B [ [ x1 ]
... Hermaphroditus , from the Fourth Book of Ovid's Metamorphofes , 268 Notes on fome of the foregoing Stories in Ovid's Me- tamorphofes , An Effay on Virgil's Georgics , 275 297 POEMS POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . VOL . I. B [ [ x1 ]
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... Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy ...
... Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy ...
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