I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage... The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 43by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - 1713 - 614 lehte
...ill is to be fpoken of the Dead : And therefore Peace be to the Manes of his Arthurs. I will only fay that it was not for this Noble Knight that I drew the Plan of an Epick Poem on King Arthur in my Preface to the Tranflation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 392 lehte
...is to be fpoken of the dead : and therefore peace be to the Manes- of his Arthurs. I will only fay, that it was not for this noble knight that I drew...an Epic poem on king Arthur, in my preface to the tranftation of Juvenal. The guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 396 lehte
...is to be fpoken of the dead : and therefore peace be to the Manes of his Arthurs, i will only fay, that it was not for this noble knight that I drew the plan of ?.n Epic poem on king Arthur, in my preface to the tranflation of Juvenal. The guardian angels of kingdoms... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 lehte
...nation had not yet learned to be liberal. This plan he charged Blackmore with dealing ; only, fays he, the guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too -ponderous for him to manage. In 1694, he began the moft laborious and difficult of all his works, the tranflation of Virgil ; from... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 lehte
...the nation yet learned to be liberal. This plan he charged Blackmore with ftealing ; only, fays he, the guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage. In i694, he began the moft laborious and difficult of all his works, the tranflation of Virgil ; from... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 lehte
...the nation yet learned to be liberal. This plan he charged Blackmore with ftealing ; only, (ays he, the guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage. In 1694, he began the moft laborious and difficult of all his works, the tranflation of Virgil ; from... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 352 lehte
...ill is to be fpoken of the dead: and therefore peace be to the Manes of his Arthurs. I will only fay, that it was not for this noble knight that I drew...angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for Mm to manage; and therefore he rejected them, as Dares did the whirlbats of Eryx, when they were thrown... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 lehte
...the nation yet learned to be liberal. This plan he charged Blackmore with ftealing; only fays he, " The guardian angels of *' kingdoms were machines too ponderous for *' him to manage." In 1694, he began the moft laborious and difficult of all his works, the tranflation of Virgil ; from... | |
| 1793 - 806 lehte
...ооЫ: knight that 1 drew the plan of an Epic pwm on King Arthur, in my preface to the truilhtion of Juvenal. The guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him M manage ; and therefore he rejeâed them, as Ihres did the whirlbats of Eryx, when they were thrown... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 lehte
...ill is to be fpoken of the dead ; and therefore peace be to the Manes of his Annan. I will only fay, that it was not for this noble knight that I drew...an Epic poem on King Arthur, in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The guardian angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage;... | |
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