 them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Strana 147autor/autoři: Samuel Johnson - 1779Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Edwin Sandys - 1908 - 550 str.
...Johnson) ‘ are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment “. He also describes the Eftitap/zium Damonis as ‘ written with the common but childish... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 str.
...These, says he, are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment." This character, we apprehend, will generally suit our modern Latin poetry ; but we may... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 str.
..."[Milton's] Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment." He preferred the elegies to the rest. Ibid. II, 82-83. Addison's verses are entitled to... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 304 str.
..."[Milton's] Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment." He preferred the elegies to the rest. Ibid. II, 82-83. Addison's verses are entitled to... | |
 | 1906 - 884 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic; but I have heard them commended by a man. well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant: but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic, but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they 1. Sounds conveying no idea. 2. (1683—1737), wife... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 str.
...and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard thencommended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | 2002 - 372 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
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