 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...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...few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could... | |
 | 1834 - 454 pages
...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...few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the... | |
 | 1834 - 304 pages
...sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he kne\v what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence...few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...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...is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of ihe ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Homer and Virgil. " Chaucer followed nature every where ; but was never so bold to go beyond... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...sciences; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also where to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancient?, excepting Homer and Virgil. " Chaucer followed nature every where; but was never so bold... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...sense, learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all suhjects : as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is practised hy few writers, and scarcely hy any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 520 pages
...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...few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1838 - 542 pages
...properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave oft, a conti|| nence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace." I Our account of his principal works must be brief. The Romaunt of the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...; 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... | |
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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... 
