 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
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 lehte
...that ' it was possible to reason in rhyme ; he showed us the ' true b'ounds 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." Pope wrote of him — Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding... | |
 | P. F. Aiken - 1876 - 454 lehte
...that " it was possible to reason in rhyme ; he showed us the " true bounds of a translator's liberty. What was said of " Rome adorned by Augustus may be...metaphor to English poetry embellished by " Dryden ; laieriliam invtnit, marmorcam reliquit, he "found it brick and he left it marble." Pope wrote of... | |
 | 1878 - 646 lehte
...express forcibly. ' Perhaps,' observes Johnson, ' no nation ever produced a writer that enriched hi* language with such a variety of models.' What was...are constantly before us ; and, if his writings in I5G 157 their entirety arc not as familiar to us as they were to our forefathers, they are to be traced... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 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...embellished by Dryden, lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliyuit ; 'He found it brick, and he left it marble.' 1 Pope : Epistle to Jervas. THE invocation before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 570 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 lehte
...and force of English prose, that we may apply to him what was said of Augustus with regard to Rome : lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit ; he found it brick, and he left it marble. Mr. Hallam's opinion differs somewhat from this ; it is as follows : — ''The style of Bacon has an... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 lehte
...and force of English prose, that we may apply to him what was said of Augustus with regard to Rome : lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit ; he found it brick, and he left it marble. Mr. Hallam's opinion differs somewhat from this ; it is as follows : — "The style of Bacon has an... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 lehte
...and force of English prose, that we may apply to him what was said of Augustus with regard to Rome : lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit ; he found it brick, and he left it marble. Mr. Hallam's opinion differs somewhat from this ; it is as follows : — "The style of Bacon has an... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 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...to English poetry embellished by Dryden, lateritiam invcnit. marmoream reliquit. He found it brick and he left it marble.— DR. JOHNSON. The English tongue... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 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...metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, latcritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit. He found it brick and he left it marble. — DR. JOHNSON. The... | |
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