 What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble.  The Quarterly Review - Page 2901878Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 lehte
...been degraded, or forgotten. Johnfon, fpeaking of Dryden's improvement of Englifh verfification, fays, "Lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit:" He found it " brick," and he left it " marble." — I have already mentioned Sandys, and I fubjoin fome fpecimcns of his verfe, that the reader tnay... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 lehte
...degraded, or forgotten. Johnfon, fpeaking of Dryden's improvement of Englim verfification, fays, " Lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit:" He found it " brick," and he left it " marble." — I have already mentioned Sandys, and I fubjoin fome fpecimens of his verfe, that the reader may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He shewed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. The. invocation before the Georgicks is here inserted from Mr. Milbourne's version, that, according... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He showed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. The invocation before the Gcorgics is here inserted from Mr. Milbourne's version, that, according to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He showed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor, to Englibh poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiaiu invenit, marmoream reliquit." He ibund it brick,... | |
 | John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 lehte
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englim poetry embelliftied by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, " marmoream reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. The invocation before the Georgicks is here inferted from Mr. Milbourne's verfion, that, according... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He shewed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. The invocation before the Georgicks is here inserted from Mr. Milbourne's version, that according to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He shewed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream re" liquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. own proposal, his verses may be compared with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 lehte
...the first who joined argument with poetry. He showed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...reliquit. He found it brick, and he left it marble. The invocation before the Georgics is here inserted from Mr. Melbourne's version, that, according to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 lehte
...first who joined argument with Dogt££. He showed us the tntfiJaouncU jtf a, translator's liberty. What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be...Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He foundJt brick and he left it marble. The invocation before the Georgicks is here inserted from Mr.... | |
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