| William King - 1776 - 330 sivua
...fubjeft might lie more compaft ; that too large a heap of precepts together might appear too butthenfome; and therefore (if fmall matters may allude to greater)...Fable, which carries with it fome Moral: yet, if any perfon* pleafe to take the Six firft Parts as the Firft Book, and divide the Eight laft, they may make... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 452 sivua
...may be too tedious to be recited; but, among the reft, fome were, that matters of the fame fubjeft might lie more compact; that too large a heap of precepts...fmall matters may allude to greater) as Virgil in his " Gcorgicks," fo here moft of the parts end with fome remarkable Fable, which carries with it fome... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 470 sivua
...might lie more compaft ; that too large a heap of precepts together might appear too •burthénfome; and therefore (if fmall matters may allude to greater)" as, Virgil in his " Georgicks," fo here molt of the parts» end with fome remarkable Fable> which carries with it i fome Moral : yet, if any... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 452 sivua
...might lie more conrpaft j that too large a heap of precepts together might appear toa burthcnfome; and '• therefore (if fmall matters may allude to greater) as Virgil in his " Georgicks," fo here mofl of the parts end with fome remarkable Fable, which carries with it fome Moral : yet, if any perfons... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 326 sivua
...be recited; but, among the reft, fome were, that matters of the fame fubjefl might lie more compaft; that too large a heap of precepts together might appear...fome Moral: yet, if any perfons pleafe to take the Six firft Parts as the Firft Book, and divide the Eight laft, they may make Three Books of them again.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sivua
...be too tedious to be recited; but,among the ies(, воем weit*, that matters of the same subject might lie more compact; that too large a heap of precepts together mtgbf appear too burthensoine ; and therefor« (if small matters may allude to greater) as VirtU in... | |
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