 ... delighted with this poet, if, besides his various pause, and measured quantity, he had enriched his numbers, with rhyme. So that his love of liberty, the ruling passion of his heart, perhaps transported him too far, when he chose to follow the example...  The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Page 3431784Full view - About this book
 | Horace - Poetry - 1766 - 282 pages
...enriched his numbers, with rhyme. So that bis love of liberty, the .ruling pafUNIVERSAL POETRY. 159 fion of his heart, perhaps tranfported him too far, when...rather than comply with the regular and prevailing praftice of his favoured Italy, which firft and principally, as our befl rhymifl fings, With paufes,... | |
 | Horace - Poetry - 1776 - 280 pages
...quantity, he had enriched his numbers, with rhyme. So that his love of liberty, the ruling paffjon of his heart, perhaps tranfported him too far, when...and prevailing practice of his favoured Italy, which firlt and principally, as our beft rhymift fings, Withpaufes, cadence, and well-vowell'd words, And... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1809 - 696 pages
...him too far, when he chose to follow the example set him by one or two writers of prime note, (to use his own eulogium) rather than comply with the regular and prevailing practice of his favoured Italy." To the powers of his own language no one was more sensibly alive than this great poet, and that he... | |
 | Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 380 pages
...him too far, when he chose to follow the example set him by one or two writers of prime note (to use his own eulogium), rather than comply with the regular...and prevailing practice of his favoured Italy, which first and principally, as our best rhymist sings, With pauses, cadence, and well-vowell'd words. And... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - English poetry - 1914 - 346 pages
...him too far, when he chose to follow the example set him by one or two writers of prime note (to use his own eulogium), rather than comply with the regular...and prevailing practice of his favoured Italy, which first and principally, as our best rhymist sings, With pauses, cadence, and well-vowell'd words, And... | |
 | 1784 - 518 pages
...meafured quantity, he had enriched his numbers with rhyme. So that his love of liberty, the ruling paffion of his heart, perhaps tranfported him too far, when...the example fet him by one or two writers of prime not* (to ufe his own culogium) rather thaa comply with the regular and prevailing practice of his favoured... | |
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