 ... is not strung with sinews like our English; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound, but not the bulk and body of a mastiff.  Virgil's Aeneid - Página 56por Virgil - 1909 - 432 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 páginas
...their epick poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...by their weight ; and pondere, non numero, is the Britisfi motto. The French have set up purity for the standard of their language ; and a masculine... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 páginas
...their epick poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...verses overbear them by their weight ; and pondere, non nuniero, is the British motto. The French have set up purity for the standard of their language ; and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 páginas
...their epick poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter; but it runs with more activity...nimbleness of a greyhound, but not the bulk and body of a niastiff. Our men and our verses overbear them by their weight ; and ponders, non numero, is the British... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...nimbleness of a greyhound, but not the bulk and body _of a mastiff. Our men and our verses over- bear them by their weight; and Pondere, non numero, is... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter; but it runs with more activity...and our verses overbear them by their weight; and Ponderer non numero, is the British motto. The French have set up purity for the standard of their... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...non numero, is the British motto. The French have •et up purity for the standard of their language ; and a masculine vigour is that of ours. Like their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...not the bulk and body of a mastiff. Our men and our versos overbear them by their weight; and pondere non numero, is the British motto. The French have... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat * of the run and measure of a trimeter ; but it runs with more...bulk and body of a mastiff. Our men and our verses over bear them by their weight; and Pondcre, non numero, is the British motto. The French have set... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed has given it somewhat of the run and measure of a trimeter; but it runs with more activity...our English ; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound, hut not the bulk and body of a mastiff. Our men and our verses overbear them by their weight ; and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 268 páginas
...their epic poetry, without the addition of another foot. That indeed had given it somewhat of the rim and measure of a trimeter; but it runs with more activity...mastiff. Our men and our verses overbear them by their » Scott of Amwell well observes, that Dryden praised these lines, and then every body praised them.... | |
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