 | Edmund David Jones - 1922 - 522 Seiten
...significant ; and I know not why he who is master of it may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words : delectus verborum origo est eloquentiae. It was the saying of Julius Caesar, one so curious in his,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1926 - 414 Seiten
...justice, than if English Poesy should be made ridiculous for the sake of the Water 30 Poet's rhymes. Our language is noble, full, and significant ; and I know not why he who is^master of it may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as the Latin, if he use the same diligence... | |
 | John Dryden - 2023 - 470 Seiten
...for entertaining the Reader with so ill a Subject; but before I quit that Argument, which was the i0 cause of this digression, I cannot but take notice...and I know not why he who is Master of it, may not cloath ordinary things in it as decently as the Latine, if he use the same diligence in his choice... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 Seiten
...more justice than if English poesy should be made ridiculous for the sake of the water poet's0 rhymes. Our language is noble, full, and significant, and...may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. Delectus verborum origo est eloquentiae... | |
 | John Dryden - 312 Seiten
...are to delight the age in which I live. If the humour of this be for low comedy, small accidents, and raillery, I will force my genius to obey it, though...may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. One would think unlock a door was a... | |
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Our language is noble, full, and significant, and I know not why he who is master of it may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. 
