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" BO occasion for the ornament of words ; for it seldom happens but a monosyllable line turns verse to prose : and even that prose is rugged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file, without one dissyllable... "
The works of Virgil, tr. into Engl. verse by mr. Dryden. Carey - Page 183
by Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806
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The Works of the English Poets: Virgil, trans. by Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 412 pages
...of words : for it feldom happens but a monofyllable line turns verfe to profe, and even that profc is rugged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monofyjlables in file, without one diflyllable betwixt them. The way I have taken is not fo ftrait...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 22

English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...omament of words : for it feldom happens but a monofyllable line tums verfe to profe, and even that profe is rugged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monofyllables in file, without one diflyllable betwixt them. The way I have taken is not fo ftrait...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 pages
...of words : for it feldom happens, but a roonofyllable line turns verfe to profe, and even that profe is rugged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monoiVlables in file, without one diflyllable betwixt them. The way I have taken is not fo ftnut as...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...places of this work, but I never did it out of choice : I was either in haste, or Virgil gave me no occasion for the ornament of words ; for it seldom...line turns verse to prose, and even that prose is nigged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file,...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 2

Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...of this work : but I never did it out of choice : I was either in haste, or Virgil voi. ii. H me no occasion for the ornament of words ; for it seldom...verse to prose ; and even that prose is rugged and unhannonious. Philarchus, I reinember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file, without...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 14

John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...places of this work : but I never did it out of choice; I was either in haste, or Virgil gave me no occasion for the ornament of words; for it seldom...rugged and unharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes lialzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file, without one dissyllable betwixt them. The way I have...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...places of this work : but I never did it out of choice ; I was either in haste, or Virgil gave me no occasion for the ornament of words ; for it seldom...verse to prose ; and even that prose is rugged and unbarmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file, without...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...verse to prose, and even that pross is nigged and mharmonious. Philarchus, I remember, taxes Ealzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file, without...metaphrase, nor so loose as paraphrase : some things too t have oaiitted, and sometimes have added of my own ; yet the ominions, I hope, are but of circumstances,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...places of this work, but I never did it out of choice : I was either 'a haste, or Virgil gave mfe no occasion for the ornament of words: for it seldom happens but a monosyllabic line turns verse to prote, and "even that prc*o is rugged and miharmonious. Philarchus,...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 10, Parts 1-2

1813 - 432 pages
...places of this work ; but I never did it out of choice : I was either in haste, or Virgil gave me no occasion for the ornament of words ; for it seldom happens but a monosyllable hue turns verse to prose : and even that prose is rugged and unliarmoliinus. Pbilarchus, I remember,...
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