 He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men in their best and supreme state, or, as they decline to childhood, recover them to their first strength ; that comes forth the...  Works - Page 156by Ben Jonson - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Stillingfleet - 1811 - 480 pages
...found, who answers the idea of a perfect poet, given by Ben Jonson in his Preface, ' He that is able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame grown men to all virtues, keep old men to their best and supreme state, or as they decline to childhood, recover them... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 518 pages
...impossibility of any man's being the good poet, without first being a good man. * He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame...great virtues, keep old men in their best and supreme slate, or, as they decline to childhood, recover them to their first strength ; that comes forth the... | |
 | 1855 - 604 pages
...without first being a good man. He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good discipline, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men...first strength ; that comes forth the interpreter and arbitrer of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners ; and can alone... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1859 - 506 pages
...without first being a good man. He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good discipline, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men...first strength ; that comes forth the interpreter and arbitrer of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners ; and can alone... | |
 | William Purton - 1865 - 176 pages
...without first being a good man. He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good discipline, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men...of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners, and can alone (or with a few) affect the business of mankind ; this, I... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1873 - 348 pages
...without first being a good man. He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good discipline, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men...of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners ; and can alone (or with a few) effect the business of mankind ; this, I... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 550 pages
...impossibility of any man s being the good poet, without first being a good man. * He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame...of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners ; and 1 Hear so ill.~] A mere latinism (tarn male audiunf) for — are so... | |
 | Jacob Feis - 1884 - 274 pages
...of the dignity of the poet'), have, as he thinks, grievously sinned :—' He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame...of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human? a master in manners ; and can alone, or with a few, effect the business of mankind: 3 this,... | |
 | Jacob Feis - 1884 - 264 pages
...the dignity of the poet '), have, as he thinks, grievously sinned : — ' He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame...to childhood, recover them to their first strength ; l that comes forth the interpreter and arbiter of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 218 pages
...impossibility of any man's being the good poet without being first the good man. He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame...of nature, a teacher of things divine no less than human, a master in manners ; and can alone, or with a few, effect the business of mankind : this, I... | |
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