The tragedies of Sophocles, translated from the Greek. With notes historical, moral and critical; Wherein several Mistakes of Editors and the old Scholiasts are corrected, and the true Sense of the author cleared. To which is prefix'd, a preface; containing I. A Defence of Tragick Poetry; wherein is occasionally shewn, how some Modern Poets have transgressed the established Laws of Poetry which the Ancients observed. II. An historical Account of its Rise and Progress. III. A Comparison of the ancient Tragedians with each other. By George Adams, A. B. Late of St. John's College in Cambridge. ...

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MDCCXXIX [1729]