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... Verses to the Author Prologue , by Mr. Pope 139 154 162 • ib . 170 · Epilogue , by Dr. Garth 226 To Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales To Sir Godfrey Kneller 227 • 229 PAGE POEMATA 231 • Pax Gulielmi Auspiciis Europæ reddita ,
... Verses to the Author Prologue , by Mr. Pope 139 154 162 • ib . 170 · Epilogue , by Dr. Garth 226 To Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales To Sir Godfrey Kneller 227 • 229 PAGE POEMATA 231 • Pax Gulielmi Auspiciis Europæ reddita ,
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... Verses to Dryden , " i . 1 , vi . 684 . 1695 23 Delivers his Oratio de Nova Philosophia , vi . 607 . Writes his " Poem to King William , " i . 3 , vi . 547 . Engaged in translating Herodotus , v . 318-321 . 1697 1698 1699 · 27 Writes ...
... Verses to Dryden , " i . 1 , vi . 684 . 1695 23 Delivers his Oratio de Nova Philosophia , vi . 607 . Writes his " Poem to King William , " i . 3 , vi . 547 . Engaged in translating Herodotus , v . 318-321 . 1697 1698 1699 · 27 Writes ...
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... verses , in the hands of Dr. Lancaster , then dean of that house , occasioned his being elected into Magdalen College . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whose language and manner he caught at ...
... verses , in the hands of Dr. Lancaster , then dean of that house , occasioned his being elected into Magdalen College . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whose language and manner he caught at ...
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... verses to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his translations . This was soon followed by a version of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation ...
... verses to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his translations . This was soon followed by a version of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation ...
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... verses that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators on those authors to whom they were subjects so many cen- turies ago . Next to personal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the ...
... verses that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators on those authors to whom they were subjects so many cen- turies ago . Next to personal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.