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501: 177: 230:, with the intention of to conveying the sense of Virgil line for line. The work has since been described as an "eccentric, line–by-line, completely unreadable translation". Others have described it as "monumental and austere". On its publication, the work was considered significant enough to be reviewed in both 115:
Andrews was the son of Robert Andrews of Bolton and his wife Hannah Crompton, daughter of Joseph Crompton. He was descended from an eminent nonconformist family which had lived for nearly two centuries at
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In the earlier part of his life he sent to the press a criticism on the sermons of his friend, the Rev. John Holland, and some animadversions on Dr.
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lists only three known copies in libraries around the world, compared with around 70 known library copies of Andrews' Virgil.
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In the preface, Andrews wrote a defence of the use of blank verse and a commendation of Virgil as a
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The title page of Andrews's blank verse translation of Virgil, printed by John Baskerville in 1766
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edition, dedicated to Charles Yorke. This book is exceptionally rare - the
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was published in 1757; the preface contains a polemic against
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In the same year, Baskerville also reprinted Andrews'
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British
English Dissenter
Virgil
Little Lever
Rivington Hall
Bolton
Lancashire
Dissenting academy
Caleb Rotheram
Kendal
Lydgate
Kirkburton
Yorkshire
Platt Chapel
Rusholme
Bridgnorth

John Brown
Charles Yorke
rhyme
John Baskerville
Booth Grey
Leicester
blank verse
The Critical Review
Monthly Review
Print on demand
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Quarto
English Short Title Catalogue

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