 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 sivua
...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...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets1 is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 sivua
...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. Chaucer followed nature everywhere ; but was never so bold as to go beyond her. The verse of Chaucer,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 sivua
...so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised hy few writers, and scareely hy any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace....of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, hecause ho could never forgive any conceit which came in his way, hut swept like a drag-net, great... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 sivua
...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...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets 1 is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 sivua
...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. Chaucer followed nature everywhere ; but was never so bold as to go beyond her. The verse of Chaucer,... | |
 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 sivua
...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...by any of the Ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. — Chaucer followed Nature every where, but was never so bold as to go beyond her and there is a great... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 sivua
...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...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets 1 is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 sivua
...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...his reputation, because he could never forgive any l Cowley. conceit which came in his way ; but swept, like a drag-net, great and small. There was plenty... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 sivua
...learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he come in his way, but swept like a drag-net, great and small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes... | |
 | 1868 - 690 sivua
...Dryden who said of Cowley, whom he elsewhere calls " the darling of my youth," J that he was " sunk in reputation because he could never forgive any conceit...in his way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and * This probably suggested to Young the grandiose image in his " Last Day " (B.ii.):" Those overwhelming... | |
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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... 
