 | 1842 - 818 pàgines
...achieved, but that does not affect the justice of our remark. We may be reminded, that Pope has said, "A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ;" Or again — " In every work regard the author's end, Since none can compass more than they intend."... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1843 - 240 pàgines
...: " Your Lordship will therefore, I hope, look more frequently for the translator than the poet : " A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ." I have for the most part followed the text of Gesner, and in many of the obscure passages I have consulted... | |
 | Horace - 1843 - 240 pàgines
...: " Your Lordship will therefore, I hope, look more frequently for the translator than the poet : " A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ." I have for the most part followed the text of Gesner, and in many of the obscure passages I have consulted... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pàgines
...Hundred. son. Let him in his own person, illustrate and justify the poet's representation : " A proper judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ." If teachers of youth would always take pains to understand the meaning of an author, and would read... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 pàgines
...way, Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise! A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit With the...find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind; Nor lose for that malignant dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit. But in such... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pàgines
...way, The increasing prospect tires our wondering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole,2 nor seek slight faults to find, Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pàgines
...teach him, before he indulged himself in «гаг-gazing, to " look at home." VARIETIES . A proper judge— will read each work of wit, With the same spirit, that ¡ts author writ. It comes o'er the ear, like the sweet south wind, Which breathes upon a bank of violets.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pàgines
...him, before he indulged himself in «far-gazing, to *' look at home." VARIETIES. A proper judge—will read each work of wit, With the same spirit, that its author ivrif. It comes o'er the ear, like the sweet south wind, Which breathes upon a bank of viokts. Stealing—and... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pàgines
...his lesson. Let him in his own person, illustrate and justify the poet's representation: " A proper judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ." If teachers of youth would always take pains to understand the meaning of an author, and would read... | |
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A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to... 
