 | 1793 - Страниц: 806
...firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in proccfs of time a l.wilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace; even after Chaucer, there was a Spcnfcr, a Hirrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denhim were in being ; and our numbers were in... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1795 - Страниц: 322
...We muft be children before *' we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time " a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace; even "...and our numbers " were in their nonage till thefe Iaft appeared." * I faean his Canterbury Tales.] The fcheme of this work is in every r:-fpeft very... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - Страниц: 806
...men. There was an Ennius, and in proccfs of time a Lacilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horact; even after Chaucer, there was a Spenfer, a Harrington,...; and 'our numbers were in their nonage till thefe lad appeared. I need fay little of his parentage, life, and fortunes ; they are to be found at large... | |
 | 1795 - Страниц: 408
...Horace ; even after Chaucer, there was a Spirnfer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Dcnham were in being ; and our numbers were in their nonage till thefe laft appeared." •' He muff," Dryden afterwards adds, " have been a man of a moft wonderful comprehenfive nature, becanfe,... | |
 | 1798 - Страниц: 560
...was Ennius, and in procefs of time я Lucülus and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace \ eren niter Chaucer, there was a Spenfer, a Harrington, a Fairfax,...: and our numbers were in their non-age till thefe hit appeared.'' " He muft (Dryden afterwards adds) have been a man of a moil wonderful comprehenftve... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Страниц: 658
...firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in proccfs of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after...being: and our numbers were in their nonage till thefe hil appeared. I need fay little of his parentage, life, and fortunes: 'they are to be found at large... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - Страниц: 670
...probability, have been on the" side of excess. " But a great number of Chaucer's verses labour under Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being ; and our numbers were in their nonage till these last appeared. an apparent Deficiency of a syllable or two. In some of these, perhaps the defect... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - Страниц: 658
...firft. We mirft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace; even after...numbers were in their nonage till thefe laft appeared. I need fay little of his parentage, life, and fortunes: they are to be found at large in all the editions... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Страниц: 378
...first. We must be children, before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace. Even after Chaucer, there was a Spencer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in * Speght, in 1597. f This position,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Страниц: 376
...first. We must be children, before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace. Even after Chaucer, there was a Spencer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in * Speght, in 1597. f This position,... | |
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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. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace;... 
