 We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace...  Bell's Edition - Page xxvby John Bell - 1782Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...fometimes a whole one, and which no Pronunciation can make othervvite. We can only fay, that he liv'd in the Infancy of our Poetry, and that nothing is brought to Perfection at the firil. We muft be Children before we grow Men. There was an Ennim, and in procefs of Time a Luciliusy... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one» and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time a Lucilius, and a... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...to produce fome thoufands of " his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and " fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can " make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to per" fe&ion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow " men. There was Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
...produce fome thoufands of " his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and *' fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can " make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to per*' fedtion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow " men. There was Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfeftion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfeftion at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs... | |
 | Joseph Towers - Bio-bibliography - 1773 - 498 pages
...every verfe, which we call heroic, was either not known, or not always praclifed in Chaucer's age. We can only fay, that he lived in the infancy of our...nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of time a Lucilina and a Lucretius,... | |
 | 1713 - 484 pages
...matter to produce fome thoufands of his verfes which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We fee our forefathers and great grand dames all before us as they were in Chaucer's days ; their general... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...matterlo produce fome thoufands of his verfes, which are lame for want of half a foot, and fometimea a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwife....nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of timeaLucilius, and a Lucretius,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 716 pages
...for want of half a foot, and fometimes a whole one, and which no pronunciation can make otherwiie. We can only fay, that he lived in the infancy of our...nothing is brought to perfection at the firft. We muft be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in procefs of timeaLucilius, and a Lucretius,... | |
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