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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... "
The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's Virgil - Page 301
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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The Works of Virgil, Translated Into English Verse, by John Dryden ..., Volume 1

Virgil - 1819 - 488 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,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 14

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 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,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 268 pages
...myself; and if the public approves of it, the hill 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,...
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Virgil: The Eclogues

Virgil - 1830 - 348 pages
...pedantry and poetry: every man therefore is not fit to innovate. On 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...
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Virgil: Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid I-VI

Virgil - 1834 - 314 pages
...pedantry and poetry : every man therefore is not fit to innovate. On 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...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 2

John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 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,...
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English: past and present, 5 lectures

Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 272 pages
...using it myself ; and if the public 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...
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English, Past and Present: Five Lectures

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 278 pages
...using it myself ; and if the public 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...
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On the English Language: Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1858 - 252 pages
...using it myself; and if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man can not 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,...
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On the English Language, Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1858 - 252 pages
...using it myself ; and if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man can not 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,...
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