 This neglect then of rime so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it rather is to be esteemed an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and...  Essays on the Drama - Page 163by John Dryden - 1898 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...both in poetry and all good oratory. This negleft then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defeft, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that...heroic poem, from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming. UPON THK PARADISE LOST. BY MR. AD DIS O N. Cedite Roman! Scriptores, Cedite Graii. PROPEUT;... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...fault avoided by the learned Ancients, both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may...heroic poem, from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming. BOOK THE FIRST. THE ARGUMENT. This first Book proposes, first in brief, the whole sub;ect,... | |
 | Francisco Manuel do Nascimento - 1806 - 478 pages
...the learned ancients, both in poetry, and all good ora-- tory. This neglect then of rhyme so litte is to be taken for a defect (though it may seem so...perhaps to vulgar -readers ) that it rather is to be esteem'd an exemple set, the first in englishs , of ancient liberty recover'd to heroic poem fom the... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...fault avoided by the learned ancients, both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may seem, so perhaps to vulgav readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty... | |
 | 1819 - 614 pages
...was rejected ; but this is a mere vulgar error, even though the author himself may tell us that " it is to be esteemed an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to the heroie poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming." His words are to be understood... | |
 | 1832 - 614 pages
...who preceded Milton, who fell into an obvious error when he supposed that his " Paradise Lost" was " an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty...heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming." Lord Surrey, it is well known, had translated the second and fourth books of the "/Eneid"... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...fault avoided by the learned ancients, both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect (though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers), that it is rather to be esteemed an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may...heroic poem, from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming". * The Earl of Surrey had translated two books of Virgil's . luiekl without rhyme; and, beside... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...sound of like endings, a fault avoyded by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rime, so little is to be taken...perhaps to vulgar readers, that it rather is to be esteem'd an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recover'd to heroic poem from the... | |
 | 1826 - 382 pages
...sound of like endings, a fault avoyded by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory. This neglect then of rime, so little is to be taken...perhaps to vulgar readers, that it rather is to be esteem'd an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recover'd to heroic poem from the... | |
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