| Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 sayfa
...when he was provoked. But. "*i ."./. 'his learned and able (though unfortvuiate) Suc* *'t•. cejfor, is he who hath filled up all numbers, and performed...tongue, which may be compared, or preferred, either to infblent Greece, 6 ' or or haughty Rome. In mort, within his view, and about his times, were all the... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 sayfa
...Edwin Sandys, excellent in both ; lord Egerton, the chancellor, a grave and great orator, and best when he was provoked. But his learned and able (though...preferred either to insolent Greece, or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour n- Sir Thomas... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 sayfa
...learned and able (though nnfortunatn) successor, [Lord Bacon] is he, who hath filled up all members, and performed that in our tongue, which may be compared...preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour a language... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 sayfa
...learned and able (though unfortunate) successor, [Lord Bacon] is he, who hath filled up all members, and performed that in our tongue, which may be compared...preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour a language... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 728 sayfa
...in his Discoveries : " But his learned and able though unfortunate successors he, who \int\iJilPtl up all numbers, and performed that in our tongue which...preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome." Again, in his 95th Epigram : " I should believe the soule of Tacitus " In thee, most worthie Savile,... | |
| 1832 - 614 sayfa
...these last three centuries, was herself destitute of a native literature. How " that was performed in our tongue which may be compared, or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome," as one of our great poets has nobly expressed himself, becomes a philological tale for an English philosopher,... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 sayfa
...(though unfortunate successor) is he who hath filled up all numbers; and performed that in our own tongue which may be compared or preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, within his view and about his time were all the wits born that could honour a language... | |
| 1839 - 556 sayfa
...Sir Edwin Saudys excellent in both ; Lord Egerton, the Chancellor, a grave and great orator, and best when he was provoked. But his learned and able (though...preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born that could honour a language... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 400 sayfa
...enlightened Europe itself amid the revolving ages of time is but of yesterday. How " that was performed in our tongue, which may be compared or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome*," becomes a tale in the history of the human mind. In the history of an insular race and in a site so... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 426 sayfa
...enlightened Europe itself, amid the revolving ages of time, is but of yesterday. How " that was performed in our tongue, which may be compared or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome,"* becomes a tale in the history of the human mind. In the history of an insular race, and in a site so... | |
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