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Page 45
... Dacier and Bossu among the French , and some perhaps among us ; who have certainly been duly authorised to execute at least a judicial authority in foro literario . But without ascertaining all the proper qualifications of a critic ...
... Dacier and Bossu among the French , and some perhaps among us ; who have certainly been duly authorised to execute at least a judicial authority in foro literario . But without ascertaining all the proper qualifications of a critic ...
Page 47
... Dacier , ready to allow , that the same thing which is impossible may be yet probable , † others have so little historic or poetic faith , that they believe nothing to be either possible or probable , the like to which hath not occurred ...
... Dacier , ready to allow , that the same thing which is impossible may be yet probable , † others have so little historic or poetic faith , that they believe nothing to be either possible or probable , the like to which hath not occurred ...
Page 64
... Dacier sat in his lap . He asked much after Mr. Pope , and said he was very desirous of seeing him for that he had read his Iliad in his translation with almost as much 5 delight , as he believed he had given others in the original . I ...
... Dacier sat in his lap . He asked much after Mr. Pope , and said he was very desirous of seeing him for that he had read his Iliad in his translation with almost as much 5 delight , as he believed he had given others in the original . I ...
Page 69
... Dacier and Monsieur Eustathius . " Booth had now received conviction enough of his friend's knowledge of the Greek language ; without attempting there- fore , to set him right , he made a sudden transition to the Latin . Pray , sir ...
... Dacier and Monsieur Eustathius . " Booth had now received conviction enough of his friend's knowledge of the Greek language ; without attempting there- fore , to set him right , he made a sudden transition to the Latin . Pray , sir ...
Page 185
... Dacier : André Dacier ( 1651–1722 ) , an erudite scholar and French Academician , who was well known as a translator and com- mentator , most notably of Horace . His fame now rests on the fact that he was the husband of Mme . Dacier ...
... Dacier : André Dacier ( 1651–1722 ) , an erudite scholar and French Academician , who was well known as a translator and com- mentator , most notably of Horace . His fame now rests on the fact that he was the husband of Mme . Dacier ...
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