 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 492 strani
...of Milton, who was Drummond's first editor, observes that neither Tasso, Guarini, or any of the most refined .spirits of Italy, nor even the choicest of our English poets, can challenge any advantage over him. u See Pinkerton'* Preliminaries to Scotish Poems, from scarce editions, 1792,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 strani
...a genius the most polite and verdant that ever the Scotch nation produced. If I should also affirm, that neither Tasso, nor Guarini, nor any of the most...even the choicest of our English poets, can challenge any advantage above him ; it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves. And for... | |
 | 1824 - 408 strani
...a genius the most polite and verdant that ever the Scotch nation produced. If I should also affirm, that neither Tasso, nor Guarini, nor any of the most...even the choicest of our English poets, can challenge any advantage above him; it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves. And for... | |
 | 1824 - 408 strani
...a genius the most polite and verdant that ever the Scotch nation produced. If I should also affirm, that neither Tasso, nor Guarini, nor any of the most...even the choicest of our English poets, can challenge any advantage above him ; it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves. And for... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 strani
...cannot fail to render an extract from its pages of high value. " To say that these poems," he remarks, " are the effects of a genius, the most polite and verdant...thinke it any arrogance to maintain, that among all the several fancies that in these times have exercised the most nice and curious judgments, there hath... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 354 strani
...many rare and admirable wits,) yet it is not the highest that may be given him ; for should I affirm that neither Tasso nor Guarini, nor any of the most...attribute superiour to what he deserves ; nor shall I think it any arrogance to maintain, that among all the severall fancies, that in these times have exercised... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 strani
...affirm that * This is the couplet Johnson intended, says Mrs. Piozzi, for I asked him. (Piozziana.) neither Tasso nor Guarini, nor any of the most neat...attribute superiour to what he deserves ; nor shall I think it any arrogance to maintain, that among all the severall fancies, that in these times have exercised... | |
 | Association réformiste - 1835 - 478 strani
...effects of a genius the most polite and verdant that ever the Scotch nation produced. If I should affirm, that neither Tasso nor Guarini, nor any of the most...even the choicest of our English poets, can challenge any advantage above him ; it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves." 292 DRYDEN'S... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 396 strani
...many rare and admirable wits,) yet it is not the highest that can be given him ; for should I affirm that neither Tasso nor Guarini, nor any of the most...advantages above him, it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves." Bat these sentiments are evidently the original and exclusive property... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 strani
...many rare and admirable wits,) yet it is not the highest that can be given him ; for should I affirm that neither Tasso nor Guarini, nor any of the most...advantages above him, it could not be judged any attribute superior to what he deserves." But these sentiments are evidently the original and exclusive property... | |
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... are the effects of a genius the most polite and verdant that ever the Scottish nation produced, although it be a commendation not to be rejected, (for it is well known that that country hath afforded many rare and admirable wits,) yet it is not the... 
