But his learned and able, though unfortunate, successor is he who hath filled up all numbers, and performed that in our tongue, which may be compared, or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short, within his view and about his times... The Cryptography of Shakespeare: Part one - Seite 175von Walter Arensberg - 1922 - 280 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander, Katrin Ettenhuber - 2007 - 238 Seiten
...27. Jonson echoes lines 38—9 in Discoveries 916—18 when praising Bacon, who has 'perform'd that in our tongue, which may be compar'd, or preferr'd, either to insolent Greece, or haughty Rome. The formula is borrowed from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, i, preface, 6. Cf. Bacon's own belief'that... | |
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...who hath filled up all numbers and performed that in our tongue which may be compared or preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short,...within his view and about his times were all the wits born that could honor a language or help study. Now things daily fall, wits grow downward and eloquence... | |
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