 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...ufing it my felf; and if the Publick approves of it, the Bill pafTes. But every Man cannot diftinguifh betwixt Pedantry and Poetry : Every Man therefore...fit to Innovate. -Upon the whole Matter, a Poet muft firfl be certain that the Word he wou'd introduce is Beautiful in the Latin; and is to eonfider, in... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...ufing it myfelf; and, if the public approves of it, the bill pafles. But every man cannot diftinguifh betwixt pedantry and poetry: every man, therefore,...in the next place, whether it will agree with the Englifh idiom : after this, he ought to take the opinion of judicious friends, fuch as are leamed in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...using it myself; and if the publick approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish betwixt pedantry and poetry ; every man therefore...not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin ; and is to consider,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...using it myself; and if the publick approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish betwixt pedantry and poetry ; every man therefore...not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin ; and is to consider,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...pedantry and poetry ; every man therefore is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin ; and is to consider, in the next place, whether it will agree with the English idiom : after this, he ought to... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...myself; and, if the public approves of it; >: the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man therefore is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider,... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...myself; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man therefore is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...myself; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...myself; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...using it myself ; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man rannot distinguish betwixt pedantry and poetry : every man, therefore,...not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must (Use be certain,, that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin ; and is to consider,... | |
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But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry: every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Upon the whole matter, a poet must first be certain that the word he would introduce is beautiful in the Latin, and is to consider, in the next... 
