 Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full. And there are yet fewer who can find the reason of that sweetness.  The Works of Virgil - Page lxxxvby Virgil - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 494 pages
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language.; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be ufed in heroic poetry ; , fince I have not ftriftiy obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I... | |
 | 1792 - 918 pages
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet arc to be ufed in heroic poetry ; fince I have not itrlc"ll» obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...juft. But, fince the evil of falfe quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; fince the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be ufed in heroic poetry ; fince I have not Iti iotiy obferved thofe rules myfelf, which I can... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...left some critical observations on this subject. 7 This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be used in heroick poetry ; since I have not strictly observed those rules myself, which I can... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...left some critical observations on this subject. 7 This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...of false quantities is difficult to be cured in any modem language ; since the French and the Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...left some critical observations on this subject. 7 This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...allowed the criticism to be just. But since the evil of fa\x quantities is difficult to be cured in any modern language ; since the French and the Italians,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...left some critical observations on this subject. ' This celebrated couplet was an addition, not being and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of that, sweetness, I have given j,t to some of my friends in conversation, and they have allowed the criticism to be just. But since... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflo\ving, full— and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be used in heroic poetry; since I have not strictly observed those rules myself, which I can... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...the period, I fear much of their merit lies in the skilful antithesis of the attributes of the river. criticism to be just. But, since the evil of false...Italians, as well as we, are yet ignorant what feet are to be used in heroic poetry ; since I have not strictly observed those rules myself, which I can... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full — * and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of...friends in conversation ; and they have allowed the * This celebrated couplet occurs in Sir John Denham's " Cooper's Hill," a poem which was praised beyond... | |
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