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... poet ; the reviewer with some felicitous parallel that shall make the fortune of his article . In these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to head his chapter , the raconteur add to his bons mots , the man of the ...
... poet ; the reviewer with some felicitous parallel that shall make the fortune of his article . In these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to head his chapter , the raconteur add to his bons mots , the man of the ...
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... poet . How feeble and wooden is the result no one can be more sensible than myself , but I felt that even a poor metrical translation of a metrical original was better than none . There is a point and antithesis in verse , giving flow ...
... poet . How feeble and wooden is the result no one can be more sensible than myself , but I felt that even a poor metrical translation of a metrical original was better than none . There is a point and antithesis in verse , giving flow ...
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... Poet . , Poetical . Præf . , Preface . Prol . , Prologue . Prov . , Proverb , Proverbial , -ly . Qu . , Quoted by . Q.v. , Which see . S. , Spanish . Sc . , Namely . Sub . , Understand , -stood . S.v. , Under the word . T. , Term . Tr ...
... Poet . , Poetical . Præf . , Preface . Prol . , Prologue . Prov . , Proverb , Proverbial , -ly . Qu . , Quoted by . Q.v. , Which see . S. , Spanish . Sc . , Namely . Sub . , Understand , -stood . S.v. , Under the word . T. , Term . Tr ...
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... poet who aspired to draw the various characters of men as they are seen in the world . 134. Æternum inter se ... poets . Cf. Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit . Cic . N. D. 2 , 66 , 167. - There has ...
... poet who aspired to draw the various characters of men as they are seen in the world . 134. Æternum inter se ... poets . Cf. Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit . Cic . N. D. 2 , 66 , 167. - There has ...
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... poet . ) from the Latin Equus , lacchè ( a lacquey ) , from verna , and others equally absurd , will be found in Le origini della lingua italiana compilate da E. Menagio ( Geneva , G. A. Chouet , 1635 ) . 180. Al fin se canta la Gloria ...
... poet . ) from the Latin Equus , lacchè ( a lacquey ) , from verna , and others equally absurd , will be found in Le origini della lingua italiana compilate da E. Menagio ( Geneva , G. A. Chouet , 1635 ) . 180. Al fin se canta la Gloria ...
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