 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: delectus verborum origo est eloquentiae.  The History of the English Language - Side 91av Oliver Farrar Emerson - 1894 - 415 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 sider
...I am corrected for my quotation of Seneca, in my defence of plays in verse. My words are these : " Our language is noble, full, and significant ; and...may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. One would think, unlock a door,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 sider
...rny defence of plays in verse. My words are these: " Our language is noble, full, and sign]< ficant t and I know not why he who is master of it, may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. One would think, unlock a door,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 sider
...quotation of Seneca, in my defence of plays in verse. My words are these : " Our language is noble, tiill, and significant ; and I know not why he who is master of it, may riot clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 sider
...fourth class ot subscribers, who, having received his «MT books, refused to pay the subscription. - "V* is noble, full, and significant ; and I know not why...if he use the same diligence in his choice of words : o Dtlectus verborvm origo est eloqttentia. It was the saying of Julius Ciesar, one so curious in... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 486 sider
...I am corrected for my quotation of Seneca, in my defence of plays in verse. My words are these : " Our language is noble, full, and significant ; and I know not why he, who is a master of it, may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 sider
...for a fourth class of subscribers, who, having received his books, refused to pay the subscription. is noble, full, and significant; and I know not why...he use the ' same diligence in his choice of words : Delectus verborum origo est eloquentice. It was the saying of Julius Caesar, one so curious in his,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 488 sider
...words are these : " Our language is noble, full, and significant ; and 1 know not why he, who is a master of it, may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same diligence in his choice of words. One would think, " unlock a door,"... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 sider
...according to Wood, a man who, having a prodigious genie to poetry, wrote eighty books, which not only made noble, full, and significant ; and I know not why...if he use the same diligence in his choice of words : Delectus verbo rum origo est eloquently. It was the saying of Julius Csesar, one so curious in his,... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 sider
...,t nan who, havtn* a pro,ilfinua rente to poetry, wrote eighty hooks, wUich nut only msde 850 nohle, full, and significant ; and I know not why he who is master of it may not cluthe ordinary things ,n it as decently as the Latin, if he use the 9ame dtligence in his choice of... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1882 - 526 sider
...how I am corrected for my quotation of Seneca, in my defence of plays in verse. My words are these: " Our language is noble, full, and significant; and I know not why he, who is a master of it, may not clothe ordinary things in it as decently as in the Latin, if he use the same... | |
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