As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c. The Outlook - Sivu 8271900Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| William Minto - 1874 - 506 sivua
...parallels for them among the Greek and Latin poets. Among others, he remarked on Shakespeare, and said—" As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends, &c." The sonnets published in the following year in the ' Passionate Pilgrim,' which bore Shakespeare's... | |
| William Minto - 1874 - 518 sivua
...for them among the Greek and Latin poets. Among others, he remarked on Shakespeare, and said — " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends, &c." The sonnets published in the following year in the ' Passionate Pilgrim,' which bore Shakespeare's... | |
| Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 sivua
...poetry, who, writing in 1598, in the euphuistic style which Lyly had made popular, says of them ;—" As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends, etc." Shakespeare's lyrics scattered through his plays are acknowledged to be the most perfect in the... | |
| Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 sivua
...poetry, who, writing in 1598, in the euphuistic style which Lyly had made popular, says of them ; — " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece,\1is sugared Sonnets among his private friends, etc." Shakespeare's lyrics scattered through... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 564 sivua
...they were all composed before 1598. Writing in that year, Meres, in the " Wit's Treasury," says, " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous honey-tongued Shakspeare. Witness his ' Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrece,' his sugared sonnets among... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1876 - 584 sivua
...among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : " and " As the soul of Euphorbua was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare." It was certainly not at this period of Shakspore's life that he wrote, with reference to himself, unlocking... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1877 - 656 sivua
...of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous honey-tongued Shakespeare. Witness his " Venus and..." his sugared sonnets among his private friends.' These, together with such portions of the Passionate Pilgrim and the Lover's Complaint as may have... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1878 - 470 sivua
...habiliments, by Sir Philip Sidney, Spenser, Daniel, Drayton, Warner, Shakspeare, Marlow, and Chapman. " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...sweet, witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honeyThat King James liked Shakspeare was then counted to Shakspeare's honor: now it is a great thing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1878 - 730 sivua
...alluded to by his contemporaries. ' As the soul of Euphorbus,' says Meres, in his Wit's Treasury, 1598, ' was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet, witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare. Witness his Venua and Adonis, his Lucrece,' cVc. Shakspeare had without doubt read the... | |
| National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 654 sivua
...habiliments, bv Sir Philip Sidney, Spenser, Daniel, Drayton, Waraer, Shaketpeare, Marlow, and Chapman. ' As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...Lucrece," his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c. ' As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare,... | |
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