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A COMPARATIVE DISCOURSE OF OUR ENGLISH POETS WITH THE GREEK , LATIN , AND ITALIAN POETS As Greece had three poets of great antiquity , Orpheus , Linus , and Musaeus , and Italy other three ancient poets , Livius Andronicus , Ennius ...
A COMPARATIVE DISCOURSE OF OUR ENGLISH POETS WITH THE GREEK , LATIN , AND ITALIAN POETS As Greece had three poets of great antiquity , Orpheus , Linus , and Musaeus , and Italy other three ancient poets , Livius Andronicus , Ennius ...
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I have heard him termed of the best wits of both our Universities our English Homer . As Euripides is the most sententious among the Greek Poets : so is Warner among our English Poets . As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in ...
I have heard him termed of the best wits of both our Universities our English Homer . As Euripides is the most sententious among the Greek Poets : so is Warner among our English Poets . As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in ...
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What other English book , save the King James ( 1611 ) edition of the Bible , has better earned a right to carry such an address ? On the leaf opposite the title - page stands the little poem by Ben Jonson : To the reader .
What other English book , save the King James ( 1611 ) edition of the Bible , has better earned a right to carry such an address ? On the leaf opposite the title - page stands the little poem by Ben Jonson : To the reader .
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EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
Copyright | |
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