 We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace...  Bell's Edition - Pàgina xxvper John Bell - 1782Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Dryden - 1713 - 614 pàgines
...fometimes a whole one, and which no Pronunciation can make othervvite. We can only fay, that he liv'd in the Infancy of our Poetry, and that nothing is brought to Perfection at the firil. We muft be Children before we grow Men. There was an Ennim, and in procefs of Time a Luciliusy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 526 pàgines
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one» and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time a Lucilius, and a... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pàgines
...to produce fome thoufands of " his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and " fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can " make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to per" fe&ion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow " men. There was Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | 1761 - 614 pàgines
...produce fome thoufands of " his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and *' fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can " make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to per*' fedtion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow " men. There was Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 392 pàgines
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfeftion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 pàgines
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfeftion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1773 - 498 pàgines
...every verfe, which we call heroic, was either not known, or not always praclifed in Chaucer's age. We can only fay, that he lived in the infancy of our...nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time a Lucilina and a Lucretius,... | |
 | 1713 - 484 pàgines
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We fee our forefathers and great grand dames all before us as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 pàgines
...matterlo produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimea a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of timeaLucilius, and a Lucretius,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 716 pàgines
...for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwiie. We can only fay, that he lived in the infancy of our...nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of timeaLucilius, and a Lucretius,... | |
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