 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 σελίδες
...juft. But fince the evil of falfe Quantities is difficult to be cur'd in any Modern Language ; fince the French and the Italians as well as we, are yet ignorant, •what Feet are to be us'd in Heroick Poetry; fince I have not flri&Iy obfetv'd thofe Rules my felf, which I can teach others... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 494 σελίδες
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language.; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be ufed in heroic poetry ; , fince I have not ftriftiy obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I can . teach... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 σελίδες
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be ufed in heroic poetry ; fince I have not Iti iotiy obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I can teach others... | |
 | 1792 - 918 σελίδες
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet arc to be ufed in heroic poetry ; fince I have not itrlc"ll» obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 σελίδες
...left some critical observations on this subject. 7 This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...of false quantities is difficult to be cured in any modem language ; since the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 σελίδες
...left some critical observations on this subject. 7 This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...allowed the criticism to be just. But since the evil of fa\x quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; since the French and the Italians,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 σελίδες
...left some critical observations on this subject. ' This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of that, sweetness, I have given j,t to some of my friends in conversation, and they have allowed the criticism to be just. But since... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 σελίδες
...deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full — s and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet G 3 are to be used in heroic poetry ; since I have not strictly observed those rules myself, which... | |
 | Virgil - 1806 - 414 σελίδες
...Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage,- without overflowing, full — and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...evil of false quantities is difficult to be cured in *my modern language ; since the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 σελίδες
...deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full — * and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...friends in conversation ; and they have allowed the * This celebrated couplet occurs in Sir John Denham's " Cooper's Hill," a poem which was praised beyond... | |
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I am sure there are few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in Cooper's Hill — 30 Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. And there are yet fewer who can find... 
