 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.  Lives of Men of Letters of the Time of George III. - Stran 354avtor: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 438 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 strani
...Rome, x 4 adorned adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 strani
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 strani
...by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifti poetry embellifhed by Dryden, lateritlam invenit, marmoream reliquit, he found it brick, and he left it marble. • j9o THE invocation before the Georgicks is here inferted from Mr. Milbourne's verfion, that, according... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 strani
...Auguftus, may be applied by aa eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed by Dryden, lateririam im-enit, 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 strani
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to EngliJh poetry embellifhed 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1794 - 450 strani
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit," He found it brick, and he left it marble.v~-v THE) <— • •**'^ THE invocation before the Georgicks is here inferted from Mr. Melbourne's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 strani
...of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor phorto Englifh poetry embellifhed 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 strani
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed 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 to his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 strani
...think naturally and express forcibly. He taught us that it was possible to reason in rhyme. He shewed us the true bounds of a translator's liberty. What...reliquit; he found it brick, and he left it marble. DENHAM \VAS born at Dublin in 1615, the only son of Sir John Denham, of Little Horsely in Essex, then... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 strani
...faid of Rome, adorned by Auguftus, may be applied by an eafy metaphor to Englifh poetry embellifhed by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick, and he left it marble. The invocation before the Georgicks is here inferred from Mr. Milbourne's verfion, that, according to his... | |
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