The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Volume 3T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... tion of our author was barely , Epistles ; which he concludes from his cited verses , where Ovid asserts this work as his own invention , and not borrowed from the Greeks , whom , as the masters of their learning , the Romans usually ...
... tion of our author was barely , Epistles ; which he concludes from his cited verses , where Ovid asserts this work as his own invention , and not borrowed from the Greeks , whom , as the masters of their learning , the Romans usually ...
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... tion . But if Virgil , or Ovid , or any regular intelli- gible authors be thus used , it is no longer to be called their work , when neither the thoughts nor words are drawn from the original , but instead of them there is something new ...
... tion . But if Virgil , or Ovid , or any regular intelli- gible authors be thus used , it is no longer to be called their work , when neither the thoughts nor words are drawn from the original , but instead of them there is something new ...
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... tion from the author's sense . That of Enone to Paris , is in Mr. Cowley's way of imitation only . I was desired to say , that the author , who is of the fair sex , understood not Latin : but if she OVID'S EPISTLES . 21 .
... tion from the author's sense . That of Enone to Paris , is in Mr. Cowley's way of imitation only . I was desired to say , that the author , who is of the fair sex , understood not Latin : but if she OVID'S EPISTLES . 21 .
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... tion will allow . But so many gentlemen , whose wit and learning are well known , being joined in it , I doubt not but their excellencies will make you ample satisfaction for my errours . 5 4 Mrs. Aphra Behn . 5 “ The affluence and ...
... tion will allow . But so many gentlemen , whose wit and learning are well known , being joined in it , I doubt not but their excellencies will make you ample satisfaction for my errours . 5 4 Mrs. Aphra Behn . 5 “ The affluence and ...
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... tion . The second , which was entitled " SYLVÆ , or the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies , " appeared in the next year the third volume , which bears the title of EXAMEN POETICUM , was published in 1693 , and the fourth , which was ...
... tion . The second , which was entitled " SYLVÆ , or the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies , " appeared in the next year the third volume , which bears the title of EXAMEN POETICUM , was published in 1693 , and the fourth , which was ...
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