The turn on thoughts and words is their chief talent, but the epic poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs in thin and airy habits; but the weight of gold and of embroideries is reserv'd for queens and goddesses. The Works of Virgil - Página lxxxviipor Virgil - 1803Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| John Dryden - 1859 - 482 páginas
...standard of their language ; and a masculine vigour is that of ours. Like their tongue, is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...turn on thoughts and words is their chief talent; hut the epic poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs... | |
| John Dryden - 1900 - 350 páginas
...their poets, light and trifling in comparison of the English ; more proper for sonnets, madri- 5 gals, and elegies, than heroic poetry. The turn on thoughts...but the Epic Poem is too stately to receive those littte ornaments. The paintersjraw'thelr- nymphs in thin and airy habits ; but the weight of gold and... | |
| John Dryden - 1900 - 348 páginas
...standard of their language ; and a masculine vigour is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of the English ; more proper for sonnets, madri- 5 gals, and elegies, than heroic poetry. The turn on thoughts and words is their chief talent... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...standard of their language; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...habits ; but the weight of gold and of embroideries is reserv'd for queens and goddesses. Virgil is never frequent in those turns, like Ovid, but much more... | |
| Virgil - 1909 - 454 páginas
...standard of their language ; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...draw their nymphs in thin and airy habits ; but the v/eight of gold and of embroideries is reserv'd for queens and goddesses. Virgil is never frequent... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...standard of their language; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs ill thin and airy habits; but the weight of gold and of embroideries is reserv'd for queeus and goddesses.... | |
| Virgil - 1909 - 492 páginas
...standard of their language; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...turn on thoughts and words is their chief talent, butithe epic poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs... | |
| Virgil - 1909 - 454 páginas
...standard of their language; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...turn on thoughts and words is their chief talent, bat the epic poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1122 páginas
...madrigals, and elegies, than heroic poetry. The turn on thoughts and words is their chief taleiit, but the epic poem is too stately to receive those...habits; but the weight of gold and of embroideries is reserv'd for queens and goddesses. Virgil is never frequent in those turns, like Ovid, but much more... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...standard of their language; and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of...poetry. The turn on thoughts and words is their chief taleut, but the epic poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their... | |
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