 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...where elegant, fweet and flowing in his Hexameters. .His Words are not only chos-fen, but the Places in which he ranks them for ,the found ; he who removes them from the Station wherein their Maftcr fet them, fpoHs the Harmony. What he (ays of the Sibyls Prophecies, may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 pages
...where elegant, fweet, and flowing, in his hexameters. His words are not only chofen, but the places in which he ranks them, for the found ; he who removes...his : they muft be read, in order as they lie; the leaft breath difcompofes them, and fomewhat of their divinity is loft. I can-; not boaft that I have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 494 pages
...where elegant, fweet, and flowing, in his hexameters. His words are not only chofen, but the places in which he ranks them • for the found ; he who...prophecies, may 'be as properly applied to every word of hie : they muft be read, in order as they lie; the leaft breath difcompofes • them, and fomewhat... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 412 pages
...where elegant,. fweet, and flowing, in his hexameters. His words are not only chofen, but the places in which he ranks them for the, found'; he who removes...wherein their mafter fet them, fpoils the harmony.. What.he fays of the Sibyl's prophecies, may be as properly applied to every word of his : they muft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1130 pages
...where elegant, . fwcet, and flowing, in his hexameters. His words are not only chofen, but the places in which he ranks them . for the found ; he who removes them from the ftation wherein their maftcr fet them, fpoils the harmony. What he fays of the Sibyl's prophecies, may be as properly applied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 pages
....wherein tiueir maftcr let them,- fpoils the harmony. What he faya of the Sibyl's prophecies, may be tfc properly applied to every word' of his : they muft b'e .read, in order as they lie; the leaft breath difeompofes them, and fomewhat of their divinit-y is loft: - I cannot boaft that I have... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...fweet, and flowing, in his hexameters. His words are not only chofen, but the places in which he rank& them for the found ; he who removes them from the...his: they muft be read, in order as they lie; the leaft breath difcompofes them, and fomewhat of their divinity is loft. I cannot boaft that I have been... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 pages
...places in which he ranks them for the found ; lie who removes them from the ftation wherein their matter fet them, fpoils the harmony. What he fays of the...muft be read, in order as they lie ; the lead breath difcompofes them, and fomewhat of their divinity is loft. I cannot boafl that I have been thus exact... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 pages
...who removes them from the station wherein their master sets them, spoils the harmony. What he says of the Sibyl's prophecies, may be as properly applied to every word of his : they must be read in order, as they lie ; the least breath discomposes them, and somewhat of their divinity... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...who removes them from the station wherein their master sets them, spoils the harmony. What he says of the Sibyl's prophecies, may be as properly applied to every word of his : they must be read in order, as they lie ; the least breath discomposes them, and somewhat of their divinity... | |
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His words are not only chosen, but the places in which he ranks them for the sound. He who removes them from the station wherein their master set them spoils the harmony. What he says of the Sibyl's prophecies may be as properly applied to every word... 
