 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 páginas
...for want of half a foot, and sometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwise. We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...Spenser, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and JJenham were in being : and our numbers were in their nonage till these last appeared. I need say little... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 páginas
...for wont of half a foot, and sometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwise. We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...must be children before we grow men. There was an Knnius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 páginas
...rude sweetness of the Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect * * * We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...perfection at the first. We must be children before we can grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucitius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 páginas
...rude sweetness of the Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect * * * We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...perfection at the first. We must be children before we can grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 páginas
...for want of half a foot, and sometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwise. We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is hrought to perfection at the first. We must he children hefore we grow men. There was an Ennius, and... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 páginas
...brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we can grow men. There was an Enn'ms, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace." My limits will not allow of continuing down through later periods, this outline of the history of English... | |
 | Samuel P. NEWMAN - 1843 - 322 páginas
...our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we can grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretiu; before Virjil and Horace." My limits will not allow of continuing down, through periods,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 páginas
...for want of half a foot, and sometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwise. We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 páginas
...rude sweetness of the Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect. * * * * We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection ai the first. We must be children before we can grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...want of half a foot, and sometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwise.4 We can only say, that he lived in the infancy of our...there was a Spenser, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Wraller and Denham were in being ; and our numbers were in their nonage till these last appeared. THE... | |
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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. 
