 We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten^ and though it be allowed that the reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, •that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Strana 151autor/autoři: Samuel Johnson - 1779Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 2002 - 372 str.
...heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, We know that they never drove a field, and that they...flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought... | |
 | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - 1990 - 622 str.
...sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. 20 We know that they never drove afield, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought... | |
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