 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...even in operas ; but the prowess of Achilles or ^Eneas would appear ridiculous in our dwarf heroes of the theatre. We can believe they routed armies,...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot, or ought not to represent ; for I have said already... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...Scylla, Antiphates, and the LJEStrygons, which cannot be represented even in operas ; but the prowess of Achilles or ./Eneas would appear ridiculous in...believe they routed armies, in Homer or in Virgil ; but )ie Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...Scylla, Antiphates, and the Laestry gons, which cannot be represented even in operas ; but the prowess of Achilles or /Eneas would appear ridiculous in our dwarf-heroes of the theatre. U e can believe they routed armies, in Homer or in Virgil ; but ne Hercules contra duos in the drama.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...Scylla, Antiphanes, and the Lestrigons, which cannot be represented even in operas, but the prowess of Achilles, or /Eneas, would appear ridiculous in...Homer, or in Virgil ; but ne Hercules contra duos iu the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot, or ought not to represent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...even in operas, but the prowiss of Achilles, or ./Eneas, would appear ridiculous in pur dwrfrfheroes of the theatre. We can believe they routed armies...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot, or ought not to represent. For I have said already... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...and the Lestrigons, which cannot be represented even in operas, but the prowess of Achilha, or cas, .would appear ridiculous in our dwarfheroes of the...they routed armies in Homer, or in Virgil ; but ne Hercule« contra duos in the drama. 1 forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot, or... | |
 | 1813 - 432 pages
...Scylla, Antiphates, and the Laestrigons, which cannot be represented even in operas ; but the prowess of Achilles or /Eneas would appear ridiculous in our...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot or ought not to represent ; for I have said already... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...even in operas ; but the prowess of Achilles or .ZEneas would appear ridiculous in our dwarf heroes of the theatre. We can believe they routed armies,...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot or ought not to represent : for I have said already... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...Scylla, Antiphates, and the Laestrygons, which cannot be represented even in operas; but the prowess of Achilles or ^Eneas would appear ridiculous in our...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot, or ought not to represent ; for I have said already... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...even in operas; but the prowess of Achilles or jl-'.uwis would appear ridiculous in our dwarf heroes of the theatre. We can believe they routed armies,...ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things, which the stage cannot or ought not to represent; for I have said already... | |
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AEneas would appear ridiculous in our dwarf-heroes of the theatre. We can believe they routed armies in Homer or in Virgil, but ne Hercules contra duos in the drama. I forbear to instance in many things which the stage cannot or ought not to... 
