 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 ページ
...; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the JEneid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | 1845 - 816 ページ
...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so no knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few W"ter8, and scarcely by any... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 ページ
...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on...because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 192 ページ
...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense : learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets [Cowley] is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive [forego ?] any conceit which came... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 ページ
...sciences; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors "of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the ^Eneid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 ページ
...; and therefore he speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so also he knows where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting the authors of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the -35neid. The author of the Essay on the Understanding... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1853 - 542 ページ
...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil; he is a perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on...he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave oif, a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 ページ
...as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil: he is a perpetual fountain of good sense; learned in all sciences; and therefore speaks properly on...is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forego any conceit which came in his way, but swept like a drag-net, great and small. There was plenty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 ページ
...likewise, from time to time, such specimens of excellence as enabled succeeding poets to improve it.59 * One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation,...because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and small. There was plenty enough — but the dishes were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 ページ
...likewise, from time to time, such specimens of excellence as enabled succeeding poets to improve it.5* * One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any concvit which came in his way; but swept, like a drag-net, great and tunall. There was plenty enough... | |
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He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the... 
