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... poet , who was born in the year of Rome , 584. He founded his tragedies on the Greek model , and apparently on the same catastrophes ; which led to an opinion that he was chiefly a translator . One of his dramas , however , was on the ...
... poet , who was born in the year of Rome , 584. He founded his tragedies on the Greek model , and apparently on the same catastrophes ; which led to an opinion that he was chiefly a translator . One of his dramas , however , was on the ...
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... poet highly com- mended . The able discourse on the Georgics , which is prefixed to Dryden's translation , ra- pidly followed ; and various minor pieces con- tinued to flow from his pen , until at length in 1695 he ventured to address a ...
... poet highly com- mended . The able discourse on the Georgics , which is prefixed to Dryden's translation , ra- pidly followed ; and various minor pieces con- tinued to flow from his pen , until at length in 1695 he ventured to address a ...
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... poet of an- quity , born at Mitylene , who flourished in the 44th Olympiad , 600 years before the Christian era . Liberty and an unconquerable hatred of tyranny form the principal subject and charac- teristic of his effusions . Like ...
... poet of an- quity , born at Mitylene , who flourished in the 44th Olympiad , 600 years before the Christian era . Liberty and an unconquerable hatred of tyranny form the principal subject and charac- teristic of his effusions . Like ...
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... poet , in the reigns of Charles and James I. He first commenced as an amatory poet , with a complaint of his unsuccessful suit to a lady whom he names Aurora , which poem he pub- lished in 1604. He then repaired to the court of James ...
... poet , in the reigns of Charles and James I. He first commenced as an amatory poet , with a complaint of his unsuccessful suit to a lady whom he names Aurora , which poem he pub- lished in 1604. He then repaired to the court of James ...
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... poet , of the latter end of the sixteenth century . He was born at Flo- rence , and served in the army , but afterwards became an ecclesiastic . His principal works in burlesque poetry are- " Rime piaceovoli , " " Lettere di ser poi ...
... poet , of the latter end of the sixteenth century . He was born at Flo- rence , and served in the army , but afterwards became an ecclesiastic . His principal works in burlesque poetry are- " Rime piaceovoli , " " Lettere di ser poi ...
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