 | John Edwin Sandys - 1908 - 550 страници
...Johnson) ‘ are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment “. He also describes the Eftitap/zium Damonis as ‘ written with the common but childish... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 страници
...These, says he, are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment." This character, we apprehend, will generally suit our modern Latin poetry ; but we may... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 страници
..."[Milton's] Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment." He preferred the elegies to the rest. Ibid. II, 82-83. Addison's verses are entitled to... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 304 страници
..."[Milton's] Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment." He preferred the elegies to the rest. Ibid. II, 82-83. Addison's verses are entitled to... | |
 | 1906 - 884 страници
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic; but I have heard them commended by a man. well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant: but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 страници
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic, but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they 1. Sounds conveying no idea. 2. (1683—1737), wife... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 страници
...and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard thencommended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | 2002 - 372 страници
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
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them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the... 
