| Carolyn A. Barros, Johanna M. Smith - 2000 - 438 страници
...their looms under the shade of their trees. I no longer look upon Theocritus*3 as a romantic writer;54 he has only given a plain image of the way of life...all employed as the better sort of them are now. I don't doubt, had he been born a Briton, but his Idylliums had been filled with descriptions of thrashing... | |
| John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray - 2001 - 540 страници
...romantic writer', Lady Mary Wortley Montagu told Alexander Pope, himself a pastoral poet in his youth; 'he has only given a plain image of the way of life among the peasants of his country ... 1 do not doubt, had he been a Briton, that his Idylliums had... | |
| William Vernon Harris - 2005 - 450 страници
...British swains . . . they are most of them Greeks. ... I no longer look upon Theocritus as a romantic writer; he has only given a plain image of the way of life amongst the peasants of his country, which before oppression had reduced them to want were I suppose all employed at the better sort of... | |
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