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Page 27
... original ftate , was a delicious little thing , and , as he expreffed it , merum fal . Mr. Pope was shocked for his friend ; and then firft began to open his eyes to his Character . Soon after this a tranflation of the firfl book of the ...
... original ftate , was a delicious little thing , and , as he expreffed it , merum fal . Mr. Pope was shocked for his friend ; and then firft began to open his eyes to his Character . Soon after this a tranflation of the firfl book of the ...
Page 53
... original : and that be clearly resembles in his ftyle , as he did in his natural temper , the fevere and serious Juvenal more than the fmiling and sportive Horace . Let us fele & some paffages in which he may be thought to have equalled ...
... original : and that be clearly resembles in his ftyle , as he did in his natural temper , the fevere and serious Juvenal more than the fmiling and sportive Horace . Let us fele & some paffages in which he may be thought to have equalled ...
Page 55
... original barbarifm . " VER . II . Not write ? & c . ] He has omitted the most humorous part of the answer , Peream male , fi non Optimum erat : and has loft the grace , by not imitating the concifenefs , of verum nequeo dormire . For ...
... original barbarifm . " VER . II . Not write ? & c . ] He has omitted the most humorous part of the answer , Peream male , fi non Optimum erat : and has loft the grace , by not imitating the concifenefs , of verum nequeo dormire . For ...
Page 59
... have been named , not a politician . In the original , Horace calls Lucilius , Jenis ; not because he was an old man , but because , he was of an Millia . 9 me pedibus delectat claudere verba , Lucili SAT . I. 59 OF HORACE .
... have been named , not a politician . In the original , Horace calls Lucilius , Jenis ; not because he was an old man , but because , he was of an Millia . 9 me pedibus delectat claudere verba , Lucili SAT . I. 59 OF HORACE .
Page 60
... Original : " Il velut fidis arcana fodalibus olim Credebat libris , " & c . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he faid , " Vidi , vidi ipfe , Libelle ! " & c . W .. VER . 64. Verfe - man or Profe - man , The original , Ver . 35. Nam ...
... Original : " Il velut fidis arcana fodalibus olim Credebat libris , " & c . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he faid , " Vidi , vidi ipfe , Libelle ! " & c . W .. VER . 64. Verfe - man or Profe - man , The original , Ver . 35. Nam ...
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