 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 pàgines
...greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clinches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna cupressi."' It is <o be lamented that such a writer should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 502 pàgines
...greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clinches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi." It is to be lamented that such a writer should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 500 pàgines
...greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clinches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi."' It is to be lamented that such a writer should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pàgines
...greatest of mankind. lie is many times flat and insipid ; his comie wit degenerating into clenches, hiw serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great...wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the reit of poets, Quantam lenta soient inter viburoa cnprensi.' " It is to be lamented, that such a writer... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pàgines
...he so I should do him injury to compare him with the' greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches,...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, " Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi." Besides his plays, Shakspeare published in 159t... | |
 | 1814 - 684 pàgines
...such as were imposed on Lucretius, are weighty disqualifications for a poet ; yet, like Shakespear, he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him. The setting is rutle and old-fashioned, but the gems are of inestimable value. The co'mposition of... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pàgines
...there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid...high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton, say, that there was... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pàgines
...there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid...high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton, say, that there was... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pàgines
...there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid;...high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton, say, that there was... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pàgines
...there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid...himself as high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum Icnta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton, say, that there... | |
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I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when... 
