 | William Cowper - 1817 - 324 pages
...in the Latin, would, in English, have appeared as plain, and as blunt, as the tag of a lace. I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin...fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 544 pages
...happily adapted to his situation as 9. public teacher. " I love," says Cowper, " the memory of Viuny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus,...Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his yfay, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love'bim too, with a love of partiality, because... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1826 - 334 pages
...testimony to his genius, while he throws some light on his character and habits. " I love," says he, " the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin...fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it He was so good-natured and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1826 - 332 pages
...testimony to his genius, while he throws some light on his character and habits. " I love," says he, " the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin...Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in te. way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to Mm. I love him, too, with a love of partiality, because... | |
 | 1826 - 562 pages
...conducted by the late Rev. Mr. Dodd, whom I esteem for his literary attainments, and social virtues; " I love him, too, with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster." I had previously figured to myself a room moderately capacious, but elegantly furnished,—what was... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1827 - 388 pages
...the most complete edition, beautifully printed in crown 8vo. price 9s. " I love the memory of Vmny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus,...way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him." — COWPEH. • . ... | |
 | 1828
...various editions." — L'rypt, No. 10. VINCENT BOURNE'S POETICAL WOUKS, crown 8vo. price 9s. " I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin...way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him." — Cowper. t WILLIAM PICKERING, CHANCBRY LAN3. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ST COLERIDGE, KSQ. including... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...often printed. — ' I love the memory of Vinny Bourne,' says the amiable Cowper to his friend Unwin. ' I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius,...way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. It is not common to meet with an author who is always entertaining and yet always harmless, and who... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...have appeared as plain, and as I il ! i / 1 1 as the tag of a lace. I love the memory of \ i 'in-. Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in hit way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I IOTB bun too with a love of partiality, because... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1082 pages
...1808. 2 vols. 12mo. 7s. 6d. — Poetical Works. Oxford, 1825. crown 8vo. 9s. Cowper thinks Bourne ' a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius,...way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him.' — William. Regiment for the Sea. London, by Tho. Hacket (1574). 4to. 10s. 6d. First edition. Inglis,... | |
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I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him. a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. 
