Preface to The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), p. ix
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Blank verse really deserving the name I believe to be impossible except to one or two eminent writers in a generation.
— John Conington
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About John Conington
John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.
About John Conington
John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.
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