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Page 150
... poet appeared to the spectators , though , at other times , by the work- ing of the engines , he was raised up , and became as conspicuous as any of the brotherhood . Ovid did not settle in any particular place , but ranged over all ...
... poet appeared to the spectators , though , at other times , by the work- ing of the engines , he was raised up , and became as conspicuous as any of the brotherhood . Ovid did not settle in any particular place , but ranged over all ...
Page 162
... poets to my aid I'll call . HOR CREECH . THERE is nothing which more shows the want of taste and discernment in a ... poet's way of writing is cha- racterized in the censure that is passed upon it . Lu- can's representative was the ...
... poets to my aid I'll call . HOR CREECH . THERE is nothing which more shows the want of taste and discernment in a ... poet's way of writing is cha- racterized in the censure that is passed upon it . Lu- can's representative was the ...
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... poet calls " treading on the heels of an author " is deservedly laughed at by sir John Denham . " I conceive it , says he , a vulgar er- ror in translating poets , to affect being fidus interpres : let that care be with them who deal in ...
... poet calls " treading on the heels of an author " is deservedly laughed at by sir John Denham . " I conceive it , says he , a vulgar er- ror in translating poets , to affect being fidus interpres : let that care be with them who deal in ...
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