 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 pagine
..."The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises on... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 592 pagine
..."The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...of the numbers, than by any power of invention or rigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pagine
...Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel me odes; and some of the exercises on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pagine
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; bull have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously I'lenrrmi ; but the delight which they afford is rather bv the exquisite imitation of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pagine
...Latin pieces are lusciously eb'L r nnt ; hut the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel the odes ; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pagine
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of (fie... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pagine
...The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pagine
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 518 pagine
...Sonnets and a short Canzone in the language of Italy. Johnson says of these pieces, " I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit." The person he meant was Baretti, and his opinion has, we believe, been the prevalent one ever since, and... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 512 pagine
...Sonnets and a short Canzone in the language of Italy. Johnson says of these pieces, " I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit." The person he meant was Baretti, and his opinion has, we believe, been the prevalent one ever since, and... | |
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them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the... 
