 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 oldal
...spoils of those writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies, we had seen less of it than him. If there was any fault in his language, it was that he weaved it too closely and laboriously in... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 oldal
...spoils of these writers, he so represents old Rome to us in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of- his tragedies,...too; he did a little too much Romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he translated almost as much Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly... | |
 | 1845 - 816 oldal
...spoils of those writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that, if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies,...had seen less of it than in him. If there was any fanlt in his language it was, that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 oldal
...spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies,- and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies,...his language, it was, that he weaved it too closely VOL. xv. z and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a little too much Romanize... | |
 | 1821 - 408 oldal
...spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies,...than in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 oldal
...spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies,...than in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did... | |
 | 1821 - 404 oldal
...of his tragedies, we had seen less of it than in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in...too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he translated almost as much Latin as he found them : wherein, though he learnedly... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 oldal
...spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies,...than in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did... | |
 | 1826 - 450 oldal
...fpoils of thofe writers he fo reprefentsold Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and cuftotns, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies, we had feen lefs of it than in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weav'd it tno clolcly... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 oldal
...spoils ot these writers he so represents old Rome to ин, m its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that n V U V* ̸ gi O ̊ I ±$h O < 5 d T Y]N 3 7 ( ڞ... 1 U *uy g Tܸ L^o"H ܤޠW 5 O L >f 'twas that ho weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps, too, he... | |
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If there was any fault in his language, it was that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially. 
