 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 strani
...florid and ornate it is — consider the order, and the prudent conduct of the story, and you will rank him in the number of the best writers ; and compare him even with Thuanus himself. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose ; for here are all those graces met together,... | |
 | 1824 - 408 strani
...florid and ornate it is — consider the order, and the prudent conduct of the story, and you will rank him in the number of the best writers ; and compare him even with Thuanus himself. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose ; for here are all those graces met together,... | |
 | 1824 - 408 strani
...florid and ornate it is — consider the order, and the prudent conduct of the story, and you will rank him in the number of the best writers ; and compare him even with Thuanus himself. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose ; for here are all those graces met together,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 strani
...with greater estimation and applause: And though he hath not had the fortune to be so generally famed abroad as many others perhaps of lesse esteeme, yet...making up of a compleat and perfect poet: a decent and becoming majesty; a brave and admirable height; and a wit so "flowing, that Jove himselfe never dranke... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 354 strani
...with greater estimation and applause. And though he had not had the fortune to be so generally famed abroad as many others, perhaps of lesse esteeme, yet...compare him even with Thuanus himselfe. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose : for here are all those graces met together that conduce anything... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 strani
...with greater estimation and applause. And though he had not had the fortune to be so generally famed abroad as many others, perhaps of lesse esteeme, yet...compare him even with Thuanus himselfe. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose : for here are all those graces met together that conduce anything... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 354 strani
...him in the number of the best writers, and compare him even with Thuanus himselfe. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose : for here are all those graces met together that conduce anything toward the making-up of a compleat and perfect poet — a decent and becoming majesty, a brave... | |
 | 1857 - 574 strani
...orate and ornate it is — consider the order, and the prudent conduct of the story, and you will rank him in the number of the best writers; and compare him even with Thuanus himself. Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose ; for here are all those graces met together,... | |
 | 1867 - 972 strani
...aensuousness, and using very musically the same metrical couplet." — David Masson. " Neither is he less happy in his verse than prose ; for here are all those graces met together that conduce anything towards the making up [of] a complete and perfect poet, — a decent and becoming majesty,... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 520 strani
...florid and ornate it is, consider the order and the prudent conduct of the story, and you will rank him in the number of the best writers, and compare him even with Thuanus himself. Neither is he less happy in his Verse than Prose ; for here are all those graces met together... | |
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Had there been nothing extant of him but his History of Scotland, consider but the language, how florid and ornate it is, consider the order, and the prudent conduct of his story, and you will ranke him in the number of the best writers, and compare him... 
