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... has been censured , and by an- other my verse . This critic discovers that my translations are superfluous , and that pro- i nounces my numbers to be defective ; while a third PREFACE . 9 pages I am subjected to more censure and ...
... has been censured , and by an- other my verse . This critic discovers that my translations are superfluous , and that pro- i nounces my numbers to be defective ; while a third PREFACE . 9 pages I am subjected to more censure and ...
Page 52
... verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a Latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his Latin composition . Having exposed himself , by means of which we are now ignorant , to ...
... verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a Latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his Latin composition . Having exposed himself , by means of which we are now ignorant , to ...
Page 59
... verse with many of these violations of quantity , and the accusation is repeated , as I shall remark in the proper place , by N. Heinsius . Though Milton's Latin metre be not proof against rigorous inquisi- tion , yet are its offences ...
... verse with many of these violations of quantity , and the accusation is repeated , as I shall remark in the proper place , by N. Heinsius . Though Milton's Latin metre be not proof against rigorous inquisi- tion , yet are its offences ...
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... verse . I have occasionally hinted that Milton's Latin prose composition is not altogether faultless : but its faults are few and trivial ; and to dwell on them would expend time for an insufficient object . On his Greek composition ...
... verse . I have occasionally hinted that Milton's Latin prose composition is not altogether faultless : but its faults are few and trivial ; and to dwell on them would expend time for an insufficient object . On his Greek composition ...
Page 72
... verses , Cæteraque , " & c . " and other things , " I shall leave to the reader to determine ; suggesting only that Dr. Johnson , for the purpose of con- cealing the weakness of his inference , has in- timated a false translation of the ...
... verses , Cæteraque , " & c . " and other things , " I shall leave to the reader to determine ; suggesting only that Dr. Johnson , for the purpose of con- cealing the weakness of his inference , has in- timated a false translation of the ...
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