 | 1791 - 322 pàgines
...of Juvenal, thus proceeds : " TheEnglifh have only to boaft of Spenfer and Milton in heroic poetry, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many cenfures ; for there is no uniformity in the defign of Spenfer; he aims at the accomplifhment... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pàgines
...examining their St. Louis, their Pucelle, or their Alarique. The F.ngliih have only to boaft of Spenfer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius...learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many cenfures. Por there is no uniformity in the tlefign of Spenlcr ; he aims at the... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pàgines
...examining their St. Louis, their Pucelle, or liu-ir Alariquc. The F.nglith have only to boall of Spenfer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perf eft poess, and yet both of them are liable to many ccniarei. For there is no uniformity in the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pàgines
...examining their ST. LEWIS, their PUCELLE, or their ALARICK.* The English have only to boast of Spencer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius...to have been perfect poets ; and yet both of them are liable to many censures. For there is no uniformity in the design of Spencer : he aims at the accomplishment... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 pàgines
...examining their ST. LEWIS, their PUCELLB, or their ALARICK.* The English have only to boast of Spencer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius...to have been perfect poets ; and yet both of them are liable to many censures. For there is no uniformity in the design of Spencer : he 'aims at the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pàgines
...Patroclus, under another name, only to bring him back to the wars, when his friend was killed. * The French have performed nothing in this kind which is not far...Jerusalem ; but the death of the Swedish Prince was so tar from being the motive of Rinaldo's return to the wars, that Rinaldo seems never to have heard either... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pàgines
...examining their St. Lewis, their Pucelle, or their Alarique. The Englifh have only to boaft of Spenfer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius...learning to have been perfeCt poets, and yet both of them are liable to many cerlfures. For there is no uniformity in the defign of Spenfer : he aims at the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pàgines
...examining their St. Lewis, their Pucelle, or their Alarique. The Englifh have only to boaft of Spenfer and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfe6l poets, and yet both of them are liable to many cenfures. For there is no uniformity in the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pàgines
...a thousand more .reflections, without examining their St. Louis, their Pucelle, or their Alarique. The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton,...learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many censures. For there is no uniformity in the design of Spenser; he aims at the accomplishment... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pàgines
...of Juvenal, thus proceeds : " The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton in heroic poetry, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many censures : for there is no uniformity in the design of Spencer ; he aims at the... | |
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The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures. 
