 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806
...unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " 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." As one of Denham's principal claims to tke regard of posterity arises from his... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1807
...Virgil's state, ' He did not steal, hut emulate : ' And, when he would like them appear, ' Their garh, hut not their cloaths, did wear,' As one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his improvement of our numhers, his versification ought to he considered. It... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. 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 liim... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...was unknown, Yet what be wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal but emulate ! And, when he would like them appear,...one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his in. provemcnt of our numbers, his versification ought to be considered. It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like them appear,...one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his improvement of our numbers, his versification ought to be considered. It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811
...was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own : 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. As one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his improvement... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816
...unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; *' Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like them appear,...one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his improvement of our numbers, his versification ought to be considered. It... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816
...L'EJIrange. ». Falhion of dtcfs. — Horace's wit, and Virgil's ftate, He did not (leal, but emulate j And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their cloaths, did wear. J: ..-':,'.. l Exteriour appearance. — This is fome fellow, Who, having been prais'd for bluntneft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818
...unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like them appear,...one of Denham's principal claims to the regard of posterity arises from his improvement of our numbers, his versification ought to be considered. It... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 311 páginas
...Without treading often in the footsteps of his guides, he pressed forward after them in the same track; " And when he would like them appear " Their garb but not their cloaths did wear." The fashion and texture the same, though of a different material. Imitative counterparts * Defence... | |
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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... 
