 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 Seiten
...known, But what he writ was all his own.' But the last line is stolen from Denham's verses on Cowley : ' To him no author was unknown Yet what he wrote was all his own.' " A New Series, edited for use in Schools, with Introductions and Notes. Crown 8vo. *LAMB'S ESSAYS.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 Seiten
...slower nature got the start; But both in him so equal are. None knows which bears the happiest share ; To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own. He melted not the ancient gold. Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 90 Seiten
...Poets. In his life of Sir John Denham Johnson quotes the following verses by Denham on Cowley: — To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them appear,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 Seiten
...slower nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share ; To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own. He melted not the ancient gold, Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - 1897 - 282 Seiten
...slower Nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor with Ben J onson did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 190 Seiten
...among which was the " Elegy on Cowley," to which Macaulay here refers. The passage is as follows : " To him no author was unknown Yet what he wrote was...own. He melted not the ancient gold, Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets, and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 Seiten
...slower nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators : Horace his wit and... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 812 Seiten
...admission for the world. — MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL, 1851, Recollections of A Literary Life, p. 46. GENERAL To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor with Ben Jbnson, did moke bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 806 Seiten
...MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL, 1851, Recollections of A Literary Life, p. 46. GENERAL To him no author \vas unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
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Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear... 
