| 1826 - Počet stránok 450
...genius may arife to equal any of the ancients, abating only for the language; for great ccntem poraries whet and cultivate each other; and mutual borrowing,...commerce, makes the common riches of learning, as it docs of civil government. But fuppofe that Homer and Virgil were the only poeis of their fpecies. and... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - Počet stránok 354
...too) by the titles of emperors, kings, popes, generals, and ministers. — Chesterfield. DCCCLXVIII. Great contemporaries whet and cultivate each other: and mutual borrowing and commerce make the common riches of learning, as it does of the civil government. — Bryden. DCCCLXIX. to an... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - Počet stránok 390
...too) by the titles of emperors, kings, popes, generals, and ministers. — Chesterfield. pcccLxvm. Great contemporaries whet and cultivate each other: and mutual borrowing and commerce make the common riches of learning, as it does of the civil government. — Dryden. DCCCLXIX. Themistocles,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - Počet stránok 428
...what I would infer is this, That in such an age, 'tis possible some great genius may arise to equal any of the ancients, abating only for the language...makes the common riches of learning, as it does of civil government. But suppose that Homer and Virgil were the only poets of their species, and that... | |
| 1856 - Počet stránok 374
...too) by the titles of emperors, kings, popes, generals, and ministers. — Chaterfield. DCCCLXVIIL Great contemporaries whet and cultivate each other : and mutual borrowing and commerce make the common riches of learning, as it does of the civil government. — Dryden. DCCCLXDC. Themistocles,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - Počet stránok 428
...what I would infer is this, That in such an age, 'tis possible some great genius may arise to equal any of the ancients, abating only for the language...makes the common riches of learning, as it does of civil government. But suppose that Homer and Virgil were the only poets of their species, and that... | |
| John Dryden - 1867 - Počet stránok 556
...what I would infer is this : that in such an age, it U possible some great genius may arise, to equal any of the ancients ; abating only for the language....contemporaries whet and cultivate each other; and mutnal borrowing, and commerce, makes the common riches of learning, as it does of the civil goverument.... | |
| John Dryden - 1882 - Počet stránok 320
...but what I would infer is this ; That, in such an age, it is possible some great genius may arise, equal to any of the ancients ; abating only for the...learning, as it does of the civil government. But suppose that Homer and Virgil were the only poets of their species, and that Nature was so much worn... | |
| John Dryden - 1887 - Počet stránok 420
...what I would infer is this ; that in such an age, it is possible some great genius may arise, to equal any of the ancients ; abating only for the language....learning, as it does of the civil government. But suppose that Homer and Virgil were the only of their species, and that Nature was so much worn out... | |
| 1907 - Počet stránok 580
...authorship, and mutual poetical influence. ' Great contemporaries,' said a famous critic long ago, 'whet and cultivate each other; and mutual borrowing...and commerce makes the common riches of learning.' This is true of poetry as well as of other branches of the literary art. Callus was a borrower, if... | |
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