 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 pàgines
...themes and verfes as fchool exercifes, " forcing the empty wits " of children to a&s of ripeft judgment, and the *' final work of a head filled, by long reading and " obferving, with elegant maxims, and copious in" vention." But furely fuch obje&ions deny to the improvement... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pàgines
...empty wits of children to compofe themes, verfes, and orations, which are the afts of ripeft judgment, and the final work of a head filled, by long reading and obferving, with elegant maxims, and copious invention. Thefe are not matters to be wrung from poor... | |
 | 1803 - 456 pàgines
...themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts of ripest judgment, and the final work of a head well filled by long reading, and observing with elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings like blood out of the nose, or the plucking of untimely fruit:... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 pàgines
...empty wits of children to compofe themes, verfes, and orations, which are the acts of ripeft judgment, and the .final work of a head filled by long reading and obferving, with elegant maxims and copious invention. Thefe are not matters to be wrung from poor ftriplings,... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 440 pàgines
...empty wits of children to compofe themes, verfes/ and orations, which are the acts of ripeft judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading and obfetving, with elegant maxims and copious invention. Thefe are not matters to be wrung from poor firiplings,... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pàgines
...wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, I which are the acts of ripest judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading...elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings,Jike blood out of the nose, or the plucking of untimely fruit:... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pàgines
...and of his native and original strength. — " Poetry (says Milton) is the art of expert judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading...observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention." * • It will hardly be necessary, after what I have said, to take notice of the opinions of those,... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pàgines
...empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts of riper judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious inventions. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or... | |
 | 1820 - 606 pàgines
...verses, and orations, which are the acts of ripest judgement, and the finall work of a head fill'd by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims, and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from young striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the plucking of untimely... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 614 pàgines
...verses, and orations, which are the acts of ripest judgement, and the finall work of a head fill'dby long reading and observing, with elegant maxims, and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from young striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the plucking of untimely... | |
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... that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and... 
