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... English Poetry ; being an Imitation , with Notes , of Horace's Epistle to the Pisos TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH . PACE 3,17 PART I. POEMS DURING THE LIFE OF LAURA . 31 43 Sonnet 245 to Stephen Colonna the Elder 246 on planting a Laurel ...
... English Poetry ; being an Imitation , with Notes , of Horace's Epistle to the Pisos TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH . PACE 3,17 PART I. POEMS DURING THE LIFE OF LAURA . 31 43 Sonnet 245 to Stephen Colonna the Elder 246 on planting a Laurel ...
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... catastâ . 1 " Rem duplica . " Feci ; jam triplex , jam mihi quartò , Jam decies redit in rugam . depunge , ubi sistam , 3 Inventus , Chrysippe , tui finitor acervi . ART OF ENGLISH POETRY : BEING AN IMITATION , WITH 42 ON THE RIGHTS , & C .
... catastâ . 1 " Rem duplica . " Feci ; jam triplex , jam mihi quartò , Jam decies redit in rugam . depunge , ubi sistam , 3 Inventus , Chrysippe , tui finitor acervi . ART OF ENGLISH POETRY : BEING AN IMITATION , WITH 42 ON THE RIGHTS , & C .
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... , creeps along the plain , " And falls with gentle cadence , to the main . " TYTLER . RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD HURD , LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER . The Art of English Poetry; being an Imitation, with Notes, of Horace's Epistle to the Pisos.
... , creeps along the plain , " And falls with gentle cadence , to the main . " TYTLER . RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD HURD , LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER . The Art of English Poetry; being an Imitation, with Notes, of Horace's Epistle to the Pisos.
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... “ Rem duplica . ” ' Feci ; jam triplex , jam mihi quartò , Jam decies redit in rugam . depunge , ubi sistam , 3 Inventus , * Chrysippe , tui finitor s acervi . ART OF ENGLISH POETRY : BEING AN IMITATION , WITH 42 ON THE RIGHTS , & c .
... “ Rem duplica . ” ' Feci ; jam triplex , jam mihi quartò , Jam decies redit in rugam . depunge , ubi sistam , 3 Inventus , * Chrysippe , tui finitor s acervi . ART OF ENGLISH POETRY : BEING AN IMITATION , WITH 42 ON THE RIGHTS , & c .
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... qualities and character , is the sincere opinion of , My LORD , with high esteem , your most obedient humble Servant , Spring Gardens , Feb. 28 , 1798 . JOHN PENN . 0 THE ART OF ENGLISH POETRY ADDRESSED TO THE LIVING POETS 48 DEDICATION .
... qualities and character , is the sincere opinion of , My LORD , with high esteem , your most obedient humble Servant , Spring Gardens , Feb. 28 , 1798 . JOHN PENN . 0 THE ART OF ENGLISH POETRY ADDRESSED TO THE LIVING POETS 48 DEDICATION .
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Page 87 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus, Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, quum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi. Non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Page 71 - Publica materies privati juris erit, si Non circa vilem patulumque moraberis orbem : Nee verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Interpres ; nee desilies imitator in arctum, Unde pedem proferre pudor vetet, aut operis lex. The commentary thus illustrates it : " But the formation of quite new characters is a work of great difficulty and hazard.
Page 91 - Successit vetus his comoedia, non sine multa Laude ; sed in vitium libertas excidit et vim Dignam lege regi ; lex est accepta chorusque Turpiter obticuit sublato jure nocendi.
Page 5 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, no Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass. And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 62 - Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Page 73 - Non fumum ex fulgore sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat, Antiphaten Scyllamque et cum Cyclope Chary bdin. 145 Nec reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri, Nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae...
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Page 59 - In verbis etiam tenuis cautusque serendis, Dixeris egregie notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum. Si forte...
Page 83 - Ne quicunque deus, quicunque adhibebitur heros, Regali conspectus in auro nuper et ostro, Migret in obscuras humili sermone tabernas, Aut dum vitat humum nubes et inania captet.
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