 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - Страниц: 334
...sciences; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancient?, excepting Homer and Virgil. " Chaucer followed nature every where; but was never so bold... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - Страниц: 520
...learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the Rose is professedly a translation... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1838 - Страниц: 542
...properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave oft, a conti|| nence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." I Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the Rose is professedly a translation... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 842
...learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is...small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill sorted ; whole pyramids of sweetmeats for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - Страниц: 454
...; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the JEneid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - Страниц: 456
...; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off ; a continence which is practised by...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors "of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the JEneid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - Страниц: 360
...learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is...small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill sorted ; whole pyramids of sweetmeats for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - Страниц: 192
...learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off ; a continence which...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets [Cowley] is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive [forego ?] any conceit which came... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 472
...; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the -35neid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 468
...sciences; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors "of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the ^Eneid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
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He is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients... 
