It is said of the incomparable Virgil, that he brought forth his verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking. Poetaster - Pàgina xcper Ben Jonson - 1905 - 282 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pàgines
...there never comes from them one sense worth the life of a day. A rhymer and a poet are two things. It is said of the incomparable Virgil, that he brought...verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking. Scaliger the father writes it of him, that he made a quantity of verses in the morning, which afore... | |
| 1822 - 492 pàgines
...be termed original genius, will not bear the eye of an Aristarchus. It was said of the illustrious, the incomparable, Virgil, — " That he brought forth his verses like a bear, and afterwards formed them by licking." This is a precise illustration of the position we have assumed... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pàgines
...there never comes from them one sense worth the life of a day. A rhymer and a poefrjure two things. It is said of the incomparable Virgil, that he brought...verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking. Scaliger the father writes it of him, . J'i- / ' that he made a quantity of verses in the morning,... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1892 - 216 pàgines
...from them one sense worth the life of a day. A rimer and a poet are two things. It is said of the ' f incomparable Virgil that he brought forth his verses...like * a bear, and after formed them with licking. Scaliger the father writes it of him, that he made a quantity of verses in the morning, which afore... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1892 - 218 pàgines
...there never come[s] from them one sense worth the life of a day. A rimer and a poet are two things. It is said of the incomparable Virgil that he brought forth his verses like 30 a bear, and after formed them with licking. Scaliger the father writes it of him, that he made a... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1892 - 204 pàgines
...there never come[s] from them one sense worth the life of a day. A rimer and a poet are two things. It is said of the incomparable Virgil that he brought forth his verses like 30 a bear, and after formed them with licking. Scaliger the father writes it of him, that he made a... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1906 - 408 pàgines
...reading of Homer and Virgil is ... the best way of informing youthjand confirming man;' ibid., p.'76. 28: 'It is said of the incomparable Virgil that he brought...verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking ; ' Jonson calls him an imitator of Homer, ibid., p. 77. 26, and names both as masters of the epic,... | |
| 1906 - 690 pàgines
...reading of Homer and Virgil is ... the best way of informing youth/and confirming man;' ibid., p. 76. 28: 'It is said of the incomparable Virgil that he brought...verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking ; ' Jonson calls him an imitator of Homer, ibid., p. 77. 26, and names both as masters of the epic,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1907 - 476 pàgines
..."vicious language," which is "vast and gaping, swelling and irregular." Virgil is to be commended, who "brought forth his verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking."* Euripides is to be commended, who "had in three days brought forth but three verses." What shall survive... | |
| Joel Elias Spingarn - 1908 - 374 pàgines
...there never come(s) from them one Sense worth the life 15 of a Day. A Rymer and a Poet are two things. It is said of the incomparable Virgil that he brought forth his verses like a Beare, and after form'd them with licking. Scaliger the Father writes it of him, that he made a quantitie... | |
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