 I have endeavoured to graff on it ; but most of them are of necessity to be lost, because they will not shine in any but their own. Virgil has sometimes two of them in a line; but the scantiness of our heroic verse is not capable of receiving more than....  The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets - 86 ページ1813全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 ページ
...the fcantynefs of oar Heroick Verfe, i$ not capable of, receiving more than one : And that too muft expiate for many others which have none. Such, is the Difference of the Languages, or fuch my want of Skill in chufing Words. Yet I may prefume to fay, and I hope with as much Reafon as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 ページ
...but the fcantinefs of our heroic verfe is not capable of receiving more than one; and that too muft expiate for many others which have none. Such is the difference of the languages, or fuch my want of flull in choofing •words. Yet I may prefume to fay, and I hope with as much reafon... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 ページ
...but the fcantinefs of our heroic verfe is not capable of receiving more than one : and that too muft expiate for many others which have none. Such is the difference of the languages, or fuch my want of fkill in choofing words. Yet I may prefume to fay, and I hope with as much reafon as... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 ページ
...bat the fcantinefs of our heroic verfe is not capable of receiving more than one : and that too aiuft expiate for many others which have none. Such is the difference of the languages, or fuch my want of lki!l in choofing words. Yet I may prefuraeto fay, and I hope with as much reafon as... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 ページ
...in any but their own. Virgil has sometimes two of them in a line ; but the scantiness of our heroick verse is not capable of receiving more than one ;...choosing words. Yet I may presume to say, and I hope with as much reason as the French translator, that taking all the materials of this divine author,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 ページ
...our tongue, I have endeavoured to grafF on it ; but most of them are of necessity to be lost, because they will not shine in any but their own. Virgil has...two of them in a line ; but the scantiness of our heroick verse is not capable of receiving more than one ; and that too must expiate for many others... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 ページ
...our tongue, I have endeavoured to graff on it ; but most of them are of necessity to be lost, because they will not shine in any but their own. Virgil has...two of them in a line ; but the scantiness of our heroick verse is not capable of receiving more than one ; and that too must expiate for many others... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 ページ
...them are of necessity to be •'kbt, because they will not shine in any but their •j«nrfn^ Viitgil has sometimes two of them in a line ; but the scantiness...others which have none. Such is the difference of the lanH 2 guages, or such my want of skill in chusing words. Yet I may presume to say, and I hope with... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 ページ
...our tongue, I have endeavoured to graff on it ; but most of them are of necessity to be lost, because they will not shine in any but their own. Virgil has...choosing words. Yet I may presume to say, and I hope with as much reason as the French translator, that, taking all the materials of this divine author,... | |
 | Virgil - 1806 - 414 ページ
...our tongue, I have endeavoured to graff on it ; but most of them are of necessity to be lost, because they will not shine in any but their own. Virgil has...others which have none. Such is the difference of the lan• 2 C DEDICATION guages, or such my want of skill in chusing words. Yet I may presume to say,... | |
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