 | Virgil - 1721 - 460 pages
...eafily deduc'd from ffrgil's Senfe. They will feem (at lead I have the Vanity to think fo,) not fluck into him, but growing out of him. He ftudies Brevity...Tongues, have more Articles and Pronouns, befides Signs of Tenfes and Cafes, and other Barbarities on which our Speech is built by the Faults of our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 412 pages
...would have no grace in Englifli ; and the additions, I alfo hope, are eafily deduced from Virgil's fenfe. They will feem (at leaft I have the Vanity...'faults of our forefathers. The Romans founded theirs upon.the Greek : arid the Greeks, we know, were labouring many hundred years upon their language, before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 422 pages
...as would have no grace in Englifh ; and the additions, 1 alfo hope, are eafily deduced from Virgil's fenfe. They will feem (at leaft I have the vanity...and pronouns, befides figns of tenfes and cafes, and othef barbarities on which our fpeech is built by the faults of our forefathers. The Romans founded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1130 pages
...alfo hope, are eafily deduced from Virgil's fenfe. They will feem (at leaft I have the vanity to thmk fo), not ftuck into him, but growing out of him. He...the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, bef:des figns of tenfes and cafes, and other barbarities on which our fpeech is built by the faults... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 970 pages
...feem (at lead I have the vanity to think fo) not (tuck into him, but growing out of him. He (tudies brevity .more than any other poet ; but he had the...in a little fpace. We, and all the modern tongues, h«ve more articles and pronouns, befides figns of units and cafes, and other barbarities on which... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 pages
...feem (at leaft I have the vanity to think fo) not ftuck into him, but growing out of him. He fludies brevity more than any other poet ; but he had the...comprehended in a little fpace. We, and all the modern tonguei, have more articles and pronouns, betides Cgns of tenfes and cafef, and other barbarities on... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...seem (at least I have the vanity to think so,) not stuck into him, but growing out of him. He studies brevity more than any other poet ; but he had the...language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space. We, and all the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, besides signs of tenses and... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 pages
...seem (at least I have the vanity to think so,) not stuck into him, but growing out of him. He studies brevity more than any other poet ; but he had the...language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space. We, and all the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, besides signs of tenses and... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...seem (at least I have the vanity to think so) not stuck into him, but growing out of him. He studies brevity more than any other poet : but he had the...language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space. We, and all the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, besides signs of tenses and... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...seem, (at least 1 have the vanity to think so,) not stuck into him, but growing out of him. He studies brevity more than any other poet : but he had the...language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space. We, and all the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, besides signs of tenses and... | |
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He studies brevity more than any other poet : but he had the advantage of a language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space. We, and all the modern tongues, have more articles and pronouns, besides signs of tenses and cases, and other barbarities... 
