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" We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace;... "
The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ... - Page 171
by Great Britain - 1804
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pages
...lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must lphonso Gerald Newcomer( process of time 1 Abraham Cowley, who could not "forgive" (I. e. give up, forego i strained fancies...
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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books: With Introductions, Notes and ...

1910 - 482 pages
...liv'd in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was...
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The Preface to the Fables

John Dryden - 1912 - 436 pages
...We must be Children before we grow Men. iThere was an Eiuiius, and in process of Time a Lucilitis, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was a Spencer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being: And our Numbers were in v...
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University of California Publications in Modern Philology

1912 - 396 pages
...he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius before Virgil and Horace. Even after Chaucer, there was...
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English Critical Essays (sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries ...

Edmund David Jones - 1922 - 522 pages
...perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was a Spenser, a Harington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being ; and our numbers were in their...
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A History of Modern English Romanticism, Volume 1

Harko Gerrit de Maar - 1924 - 266 pages
...he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius before Virgil and Horace. Even after Chaucer, there was...
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Specimens of Modern English Literary Criticism

William Tenney Brewster - 1925 - 424 pages
...perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace; even after Chaucer there was a Spenser, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being; and our numbers were in 1...
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Dryden: Poetry & Prose: With Essays by Congreve, Johnson, Scott and Others

John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - 1925 - 230 pages
...lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was...
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Five Hundred Years of Chaucer Criticism and Allusion 1357-1900, Volume 1

Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1925 - 704 pages
...liv'd in the Infancy of our Poetry, and that nothing is brought to Perfection at the first. We must be Children before we grow Men. There was an Ennius, and in process of Time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was...
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Essays of John Dryden, Volume 2

John Dryden - 1926 - 342 pages
...lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that 15 nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace ; even after Chaucer there was...
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