 | John Dryden - 1889 - 176 strani
...such an height. Humour was his proper sphere; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanick people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...borrowed boldly from them : there is scarce a poet 15 or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1889 - 208 strani
...in the ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed boldly from them : there is scarce a poet 15 or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - 1890 - 324 strani
...what I call good strong English. B. It is indeed. M. Listen again to what he says of Ben Jonson : " He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek...authors of those times whom he has not translated in ' Sejanus ' and ' Catiline.' But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 strani
...such an height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...authors of those times, whom he has not translated in " Sejanus " and " Catiline." But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1892 - 428 strani
...such an height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...authors of those times, whom he has not translated in " Sejanus " and " Catiline." But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not... | |
 | John Dryden - 1892 - 428 strani
...such an height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...authors of those times, whom he has not translated in " Sejanus " and " Catiline." But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not... | |
 | William Watson - 1893 - 188 strani
...no deep dye of turpitude. Dryden says of Ben Jonson, referring to his spoliations of the classics, ' there is scarce a poet or historian among the Roman...authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly that we may see he fears not to be taxed... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 strani
...to such a height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...authors of those times, whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 strani
...to such a height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he delighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the ancients,...authors of those times, whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 420 strani
...such an height. Humour was his proper sphere ; and in that he de10 lighted most to represent mechanic people. He was deeply conversant in the Ancients,...authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and 15 Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to... | |
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He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed boldly from them : there is scarce a poet or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies... 
