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" Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies, we had seen less of it than in him. If there was any fault in his language... "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 354
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., 2. köide

1797 - 522 lehte
...his langnagr, 'twas that he weav'dittooclofely and l:iboriouily in his ferious plays : peril. ip1-, too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he tranflated as much Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly followed the idiom of their...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 lehte
...: perhaps, too, he did a little too much Romanise our tongue, leaving the words which he tranilated as much Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly followed the idiom of their language, he did not enough comply with ours. If I would compare with him Shakefpeare,...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John ..., 1. köide,2. number

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 lehte
...language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue,...with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakspeare, I must acknowledge him the more correct poet, but Shakspeare the greater wit. Shakspeare...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., 1. köide,2. osa

John Dryden - 1800 - 624 lehte
...language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue,...with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakspeare, I must acknowledge him the more correct poet, but Shakspeare the greater wit. Shakspeare...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 lehte
...language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue,...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, be did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If 1 t would compare him .with Shakspeare, I must...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., 3. köide

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 lehte
...in his comedies especially : perhaps too, "Tie did a littli too much Romanize our-tongue, leav- ing the words which he translated almost as much Latin...learnedly followed their language, he did not enough cornply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakepeare, I must acknowledge him the...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., 3. köide

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 lehte
...he vreaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a littl; too much Romanize o.ur tongue, leaving the words which he translated almost as mach Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher ..., 1. köide

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 lehte
...well as in many others, Jonson has verified the remark of Mr. Dryden, who says of him, that perhaps he did a little too much romanize our tongue, leaving...language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. What follows, to the conclusion of the speech, is to be met with in Tacitus, Anual. 1. 4. с. 37. &...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The ..., 1. köide

Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 lehte
...others, Jonson lias ver tied the remark of Mr. Dryden, who says of him, that perhaps he did a Uttletoo much romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he translated, almost as much Latin as he tound them; wherein, though he learnedly followed thcirlanguage, he did not enough comply with the...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., 2. köide

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 lehte
...his language, it was that he weaved it too closely and laboriously in his serious plays : perhaps. too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue,...found them; wherein, though he learnedly followed the idiom of their language, he did not enough comply with ours. If I would compare with him Shakspeare,...
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