| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...observes in his "Apology for Smectymnuus," that " he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition of the best and honourablest things, and have in himself the experience and practice of all that which... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...Jove resound.* / w « i was confirmed in the opinion that he who would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things, not presuming to sing the high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to b$ a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be u true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of hertiic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honour-ablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...Jove resoand.i t " I was confirmed in the opinion that he, who would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things, not presuming to sing the high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pages
...youth, he says, — " I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...true poem ; that is. a composition and pattern of the honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| George Burnett - 1813 - 546 pages
...would not be frustrate of his hope to .write well hereafter in laudahle•things, ought himself to bfr a. true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of .the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he... | |
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