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Page vii
... he was not vates 2 in both senses of the 1 Introduction to the ' Lay of the Last Minstrel . ' 2 Vates in Latin means both a poet and a prophet . word . Some of his nearest relatives had embraced the a 2 INTRODUCTION . vii.
... he was not vates 2 in both senses of the 1 Introduction to the ' Lay of the Last Minstrel . ' 2 Vates in Latin means both a poet and a prophet . word . Some of his nearest relatives had embraced the a 2 INTRODUCTION . vii.
Page xiv
... Latin ; and , accordingly , he now occupied himself in modernising some of the more spirited of the tales ; the Knight's Tale , ' which from its principal characters he entitled ' Palamon and Arcite , ' and others : to which he added ...
... Latin ; and , accordingly , he now occupied himself in modernising some of the more spirited of the tales ; the Knight's Tale , ' which from its principal characters he entitled ' Palamon and Arcite , ' and others : to which he added ...
Page xvii
... Latin as well as most Englishmen , " we may , without doing him any injustice , surely regard his pro- ficiency in the classical languages as at best that of an accomplished gentleman , rather than of a pro- fessed scholar . But we may ...
... Latin as well as most Englishmen , " we may , without doing him any injustice , surely regard his pro- ficiency in the classical languages as at best that of an accomplished gentleman , rather than of a pro- fessed scholar . But we may ...
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... Latin elegancies of Virgil . It is true , he runs into a flat thought , sometimes for a hundred lines to- gether , but it is when he is got into a track of scripture : his antiquated words were his choice , not his necessity ; for ...
... Latin elegancies of Virgil . It is true , he runs into a flat thought , sometimes for a hundred lines to- gether , but it is when he is got into a track of scripture : his antiquated words were his choice , not his necessity ; for ...
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... story told twice over with very little alteration . Of which Dacier , taking notice in his interpretation of the Latin verses which I have translated , says plainly , that the beginning of poetry was the same , with ESSAY ON SATIRE . 37.
... story told twice over with very little alteration . Of which Dacier , taking notice in his interpretation of the Latin verses which I have translated , says plainly , that the beginning of poetry was the same , with ESSAY ON SATIRE . 37.
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