Ode on the present state of English poetry, occasioned by reading a translation of select parts of Shakespeare, Milton, Thomson, Warton: Simonides, Sophocles, and others. By Cornelius Scriblerus Nothus. With remarks. To which is added, a translation of a fragment of Simonides.

People / Organizations

• Alexander Crowcher Schomberg (Author)

Imprint

Oxford: Sold by J. and J. Fletcher, and D. Prince; also by P. Elmsley, T. Payne, G. Kearsley, and J. Bew, London, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]

Publication year

1779-1779

ESTC No.

T41966

Grub Street ID

270762

Description

31,[1]p ; 4⁰

Note

Cornelius Seriblerus Nothus = Alexander Crowcher Schomberg.

With 'A translation of a fragment of Simonides' in parallel Greek and English verse.

Uncontrolled note

O reports a final advertisement leaf