 But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, (Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1481845Full view - About this book
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...poets, Quantum lenta solent inter vlburna cupressl. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eaton say, that there was no subject of which any poet ever...writ, but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him. * * * * The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...better done in Shakspeare; and however others are now genert> ally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him,... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viberna cupressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...lenta soient inter viburna cupressi.1 The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eaton say, thai (here was no subject of which any poet ever writ, but he...preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him, Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem : and... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
..."quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi." The consideration of this made Mr. Hailes, of Eaton, say, that there was no subject of which any poet ever writ, but he would produce it better treated in Shakspeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age... | |
 | P. F. Aiken - 1876 - 454 pages
...then raise " himself as high above the rest of poets. " Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi. 'The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton,...'writ, but he would produce it much better done in ' Shakspere ; and however others are now generally ' preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 pages
...then raise " himself as high above the rest of poets. " Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi. "The consideration of this made Mr. Hales, of Eton,..."writ, but he would produce it much better done in " Shakspere ; and however others are now generally " preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viburua cupressi.(l) The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter vibnrna cupressi. ravel to the kidneys ; this gland to secrete the humour which forms the gout: if by chance he come had contemporaries with him Fleteher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...rest of poets, Quantum lenta soient inter vihnrnn cupressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hules, of Eton, say. that there was no subject of which any...preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in... | |
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