 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 pages
...wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best: whether it he that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition...and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprized them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most indent poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once, or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...grace of harmony. POETF(Y. IN almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...fills me with wonder, that in almost all countries the most ancient poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which... | |
 | William Beckford - Ethiopia - 1883 - 452 pages
...fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1891 - 286 pages
...me with 5 wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a 10 novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 704 pages
...me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which... | |
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... whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received... 
