 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1793 - 518 pages
...agrefti Latio*. HOR. Epift. ad Aug. As the Romans derived their eloquence, poetry, * When contjner'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd...hearts; Taught our rough verfe its numbers to refine, Aud our rude ftyle with elegance to fhine. Francis, * • and learning from the Greeks, fo they muft... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1801 - 500 pages
...Latio *, —^ HoR. Epift. ad Aug. * When conquered ^eeee brought in her captive arts, She trinmph'd o'er her favage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough verfe its numbers to refine, And our rude ftyle with elegance to shine. FJLANCISAs the Romans derived their eloquence , poetry, and learning... | |
 | Solomon Grildrig - English essays - 1805 - 412 pages
...when he says Grecia Captafenim viftorem ccpit $ artes Intulit agresti Lath, fyc. HOR. Ep: 1. L. 2. When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine, And our rude styte with elegance... | |
 | Horace - Latin poetry - 1806 - 492 pages
...; and now the prudent bard. Whom the just terrors of the lash restrain, To pleasure ami instruction turns his vein. When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumpb'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine, And our... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1809 - 462 pages
...agrefti Latio * HOR. Epift. ad Aug. * When cpnquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumphed o'er her favage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough...numbers to refine, And our rude Style with elegance to fhine. FRANCIS. , EC r. XXVI. LE c T. the Romans derived their Eloquence, Poetry, and Learning, from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1811 - 464 pages
...learning : Grecia capta ferum victorem cepit, et artes Intulit agresti Latio * -- HOR. Epist. ad Aug. * When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine, • l And our rude style... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - Italy - 1821 - 526 pages
...admiration. * Grsecia capta ferum victorem cepit, et artes Intulit agresti Latio. Lib. ii. Epis.i. 156. When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd o'er her savage conqu'ror's hearts. Francis. This simple and manly style shewed itself in the very infancy of... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - Italy - 1821 - 530 pages
...admiration. * Graecia capta ferum victoretn cepit, et artes Intulit agresti Latio. Lib. ii. Epis. i. 156. When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd o'er her savage conqu'ror's hearts. Francis. ' • . . . This simple and manly style shewed itself in the very... | |
 | Horace - Latin poetry - 1831 - 352 pages
...prudent bard, Whom the just terrors of the lash restrain, To pleasure and instruction turns his vein. 210 When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts She triumph'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine, And our rude style with elegance... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1831 - 354 pages
...prudent bard, Whom the just terrors of the lash restrain, To pleasure and instruction turns his vein. 210 When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts She triumph'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts ; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine, And our rude style with elegance... | |
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When conquer'd Greece brought in her captive arts, She triumph'd o'er her savage conquerors' hearts; Taught our rough verse its numbers to refine. And our rude style with elegance to shine. 
