This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...To ruine by his cruell letter sent, Thou did'st by thy protecting hand prevent. Thou sav'dst me from the bloody massacres Of faith-les Indians; from their treacherous wars; From raging feavers; from the sultry breath Of tainted aire, which cloy'd the jawes of death. Preserv'd from swallowing seas, when towring waves ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...To ruine by his cruell letter sent, Thou did'st by thy protecting hand prevent. Thou sav'dst me from the bloody massacres Of faith-les Indians; from their treacherous wars; From raging feavers; from the sultry breath Of tainted aire, which cloy'd the jawes of death. Preserv'd from swallowing seas, when towring waves Mixt the clouds, and open'd their deepe graves. From barbarous pirats ransom'd; by those taught, Successfully with Salian Moores we fought: Then brought'st me home in safety, that this earth Might bury me, which fed me from my birth: Blest with a healthfull age, a quiet mind, Content with little; to this worke design'd j Which I at length have finisht by thy aid, And now my vowes have at thy altar paid." Sandys was considered a very accomplished gentleman, and a great linguist. As a poet, he ranked deservedly high. Dryden, with more justice than has ever since been conceded to his memory, pronounced him to be the first versifier of his age; Pope confessed that he had read him with delight, --observing, in his notes to the Iliad, that English owed some of its beauty to his translations; and Warton was of opinion that he did more to polish English versification, than either Denham or Waller. Nor is his prose less entitled to distinguished praise. Whittaker observes, that "the expressive energy of his prose will entitle him to a place amongst English classics, when his verses--some of which are beautiful--shall be forgotten." Of the incidents of Sandys's life, after his return from the Continent, few particulars have been preserved. A great part of his time is supposed to have been spent with sir Francis Wenman, of Caswell, near Witney, in Oxfordshire, who was married to his sister;--a situation which he may have chosen in consequence...
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