 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 430 ページ
...afterwards studied at Cambridge. Milton was eminently skilled in the Latin tongue, and is said to have been the first Englishman, who, after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classic elegance. He was also well acquainted with all the languages which are considered as either learned or polite.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that . * In this assertion Dr. Johnson was mistaken. Milton was admitted a pensioner, and not a sizar, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...Englishman who, after the revival of Letters, wrote Latin * In this assertion Dr. Johnson was mistaken. Milton was admitted a pensioner, and not a sizar, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...Elizabeth's reign, however they have succeeded in VOL. IX. G prose, no sooner attempt verse than they provoke derision. If we produced any thing worthy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...Elizabeth's reign, however they have succeeded in VOL. IX. G prose, no sooner attempt verse than they provoke derision. If we produced any thing worthy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classick elegance. If any exceptions can be made, * In this assertion Dr. Johnson was mistaken. Milton... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 ページ
...the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polyhius, remark, what I think is true, that Milton was the...who, after the revival of Letters, wrote Latin verses w ith classic elegance. If any exceptions can be made, they are very few : Haddon and Ascham, the pride... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that * In this assertion Dr. Johnson was mistaken. Milton was admitted a pensioner, and not a sizar, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 484 ページ
...authours with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what 1 think is true, that Milton was the first Englishman...after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classick elegance. If any exceptions can be made, * In this assertion Dr. Johnson was mistaken. Milton... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 ページ
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classick elegance. If any exceptions can be made, they are very few: Haddon and Ascham, the pride of... | |
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Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that Milton... 
