... and is no longer affected by it. When I read an epigram of Martial, the first line recalls the whole, and I have no pleasure in repeating to myself what I know already. But each line, each word in Catullus, has its merit; and I am never tired with... The Poetical Works - Page 54de Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 185 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Thomas Parnell - 1760 - 268 pages
...each word in CATULLUS has its merit ; and I am never tired with the perufal of him. It is fufficient to run over COWLEY once; but PARNELL, after the fiftieth reading, is as frefli as at the firft. ESSAY of SIMPLICITY and REFINEMENT. • POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WRITTEN... | |
| Thomas Parnell - 1770 - 294 pages
...each Word in CATULLUS has its merit ; and I am never tired with the perufal of him. It is fufficient to run over COWLEY once; but PARNELL, after the fiftieth reading, is as frefh as at the firft. ESSAY of SIMPLICITY and REFINEMENT. •* ON SEV ERAL OCCASIONS. WRITTEN BY DR.... | |
| 1809 - 596 pages
...refinement to the vigorous roughness of nature and genius. In his Essays, he says, " it is Mifficient to run over Cowley once . but Parnell, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as at the first.'' It would be difficult, I believe, to discover the cause of this preference. It must... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...But each line, each word in CATULLUS has its merit ; and I am never tired with the perusal of him. It is sufficient to run over COWLEY once ; but PARNELL, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as at the first *." The prose of Parnell is but small in quantity, nor is it in quality equal to his verse.... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...But each line, each word in CATULLUS has its merit ; and I am never tired with the perusal of him. It is sufficient to run over COWLEY once ; but PARNELL, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as at the first *." The prose of Parnell is but small in quantity, nor is it in quality equal to his verse.... | |
| 1808 - 436 pages
...But eaeli line, each word in Catullus has its merit, and I am never tired with the perusal of him. It is sufficient to run over Cowley once ; but Parnell, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as at the first." The prose of Parnell is but small in quantity, nor is it in quality equal to his verse.... | |
| 1808 - 844 pages
...But / each line, each word in Catullus has its merit, and I am never tired with the perusal of him. It is sufficient to run over Cowley once ; but Parnell, after the ffurth reading, is as fresh as at the first." The prose of Parnell is but small in quantity, nor is... | |
| David Hume - 1817 - 564 pages
...already. But each line, each word in Catullus has its merit, and I am never tired with the perusal of him. It is sufficient to run over Cowley once ; but Parnell, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as at the first. Besides, it is with books as with women, where a certain plainness of manner and of dress... | |
| Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 324 pages
...bring it to this perfection." Upon the whole, this poem will fully justify the assertion of Hume, 3 at least that part of it that regards our poet. "...mentioned as his by Lord Peterborough, in a letter to Mrs. Howard. 4 The Anacreontic. " When Spring came on with fresh delight," is said to be a translation from... | |
| Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...resemble nature." Hume in his ' Essay on Simplicity and Refinement,' says, " It is sufficient to read Cowley once ; but Parnell, after the fiftieth reading, is as fresh as the first." ' The incidents of this tale wen in dreulatlon «o early M the Ulk cwlanr, and lu*« betu emploi «I... | |
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