The Remains of Hesiod the Arcræan, Including the Shield of Hercules

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Excerpt from The Remains of Hesiod the Arcræan, Including the Shield of Hercules: Translated Into English Rhyme and Blank-Verse, With a Dissertation on the Life and Æra, the Poems and Mythology, of Hesiod, and Copious NotesSatire, however, is not evidence: and neither these distichs, nor the sour notes of Pope's obsequious commentator, are sufficient to prove, that Cooke, any more than Theobald and many others, deserved, either as an author or a man, to be ranked with dunces. A biographical account of him, with ex tracts from his common-place books, was communi cated by Sir Joseph Mawby to the Gentleman's Ma gazinez-vol. 61, 62. His edition of Andrew Mar vell's works procured him the patronage of the Earl of Pembroke: he was also a writer in the Craftsman. Johnson has told (boswell's Tour to the Hebrides, p. That Cooke lived twenty'years on~a trans lation of Plautus: for which he was always taking subscriptions. The Amphitryon was, however, ac tually published.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.