The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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... Latin translation of Pope's Verses on his Grotto ; an exquisitely beautiful Ode on Friend- ship , and an Advertisement for Osborne , recom- mending a subscription for reprinting a selec- tion from the Harleian library of such " small ...
... Latin translation of Pope's Verses on his Grotto ; an exquisitely beautiful Ode on Friend- ship , and an Advertisement for Osborne , recom- mending a subscription for reprinting a selec- tion from the Harleian library of such " small ...
Page 493
... Latin . Thus the northern term Firth , signifying a deep inlet of the sea , is erroneously written Frith , a de- rivation from the Latin Fretum , a strait , of which the meaning is obviously different . The definitions of words exhibit ...
... Latin . Thus the northern term Firth , signifying a deep inlet of the sea , is erroneously written Frith , a de- rivation from the Latin Fretum , a strait , of which the meaning is obviously different . The definitions of words exhibit ...
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... Latin poetry much cannot be said ; for all that the most success- ful writer can do , in a language that allows no new expressions and ideas , is to express the thoughts of the ancients'in their language , merely to shew how well he is ...
... Latin poetry much cannot be said ; for all that the most success- ful writer can do , in a language that allows no new expressions and ideas , is to express the thoughts of the ancients'in their language , merely to shew how well he is ...
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