 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1716 - 504 oldal
...farj our /^/rg*/ never. But the great Defect of the Pharfalia, and the fhebais^ was in the Defign : if that had been more perfect , we might have forgiven -many of their feold Strokes in the Colouring) or at leaft excus'd them : Yet fome of them aw fuch v&Demoft-henes... | |
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1783 - 248 oldal
...both muft be judicioufly applied; for there is a difference betwixt Daring and Fool-hardinefs. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil never. But the great defect of the Pbarfalia and the fhebais was- in the defign ; if that had been more perfect, we might have forgiven... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798 - 394 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far; our Virgil...never. But the great defect of the Pharsalia and the Tbebais was in the design; if that had been more perfect, we might have forgiven many of their bold... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil...as Demosthenes or Cicero could not have defended. Virgil, if he could have seen the first verses of the would have thought Statius mad, in his * Our... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil...as Demosthenes or Cicero could not have defended. Virgil, if he could have seen the first verses of the SYLVJE/ would have thought Statius mad, in his... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil never. But the great defect of the PHAESALIA and the THEBAIS was in the design : if that had been more perfect, we might have forgiven... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 388 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil...as Demosthenes or Cicero could not have defended. Virgil, if he could have seen the first verses of the Sy/vce, would have thought Statins mad in his... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 oldal
...judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statins often ventured them too far ; our Virgil never. But the great defect of the Pharsalia and the Thcbais was in the design ; if that had been more perfect, we might have forgiven many of their bold... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 518 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil...as Demosthenes or Cicero could not have defended. Virgil, if he could have seen the first verses of the " Sylvae," f would have thought Statius mad,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 520 oldal
...both must be judiciously applied ; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil...as Demosthenes or Cicero could not have defended. Virgil, if he could have seen the first verses of the " Sylvae,"f would have thought Statius mad, in... | |
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Strong and glowing colours are the just resemblances of bold metaphors, but both must be judiciously applied; for there is a difference betwixt daring and fool-hardiness. Lucan and Statius often ventured them too far ; our Virgil never. But the great... 
