Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear ; He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to... The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical Observations on ... - Página 119 por Samuel Johnson - 1790 Vista completa -
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