The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson, Volume 12John & Arthur Arch, 1795 |
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Page iv
... those poems whose schemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement fpirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days . Virgil , for want of fo warm a genius , aid- ed ...
... those poems whose schemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement fpirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days . Virgil , for want of fo warm a genius , aid- ed ...
Page vii
... those feeming defects will be found upon examination to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in . Such are his groffer reprefentations of the gods , and the vi- cious and imperfect manners of his heroes : but I must here ...
... those feeming defects will be found upon examination to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in . Such are his groffer reprefentations of the gods , and the vi- cious and imperfect manners of his heroes : but I must here ...
Page viii
... those which are neceffary for transfusing the spirit of the original , and fupporting the poetical style of the tranflation : and I will venture to fay , there have not been more men mifled in former times by a fervile dull adherence to ...
... those which are neceffary for transfusing the spirit of the original , and fupporting the poetical style of the tranflation : and I will venture to fay , there have not been more men mifled in former times by a fervile dull adherence to ...
Page ix
... those who are , feem pleaf- ed with them as beauties . I fpeak of his compound epithets , and of his repetitions . Many of the for- mer cannot be done literally into English without deftroying the purity of our langugae . I believe fuch ...
... those who are , feem pleaf- ed with them as beauties . I fpeak of his compound epithets , and of his repetitions . Many of the for- mer cannot be done literally into English without deftroying the purity of our langugae . I believe fuch ...
Page xi
... those pom- I could fay a great deal of the pleasure of being pous honours he received after death , when I re- diftinguished by the Earl of Carnarvon : but it is flect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obli- almoft abfurd to ...
... those pom- I could fay a great deal of the pleasure of being pous honours he received after death , when I re- diftinguished by the Earl of Carnarvon : but it is flect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obli- almoft abfurd to ...
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