 | Sir Mungo William MacCallum - 1894 - 464 pàgines
...uncongenial story of Arthur as the subject of a national heroic. The composition of an epic, he says, " I had intended chiefly for the honour of my native...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | John Dryden - 1895 - 266 pàgines
...(though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genins never much inclined me, for a work which would have...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged: of two subjects, both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1899 - 370 pàgines
...have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such poem), and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work...the honour of my native country, to which a poet is paticularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 782 pàgines
...have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 420 pàgines
...(though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genins never much inclined me, for a work which would have...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 348 pàgines
...the attempt of such a poem,) and to have left the stage, (to which my genius never much inclined 35 me,) for a work which would have taken up my life...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to 5 it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 604 pàgines
...have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work...performance of it. This, too, I had intended chiefly for the honor of my native country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 pàgines
...practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which ray genius never much inclined me, for a work which would...performance of it. This, too, I had intended chiefly for the honor of my nativ« country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott, edited by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. - 1904 - 986 pàgines
...the attempt of such a poem ;) and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclinée! me, for a work which would have taken up my life in...country, to which a poet is particularly obliged. Of two subjects, both relating to it, I was doubtful whether I should choose that of King Arthur conquering... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 616 pàgines
...have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem); and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work...This, too I had intended chiefly for the honour of my King Arthur conquering the Saxons, which, being farther distant in time, gives the greater scope to... | |
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I had intended to have put in practice (though far unable for the attempt of such a poem) ; and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work which would have taken up my life in the performance of it. This, too, I had... 
