 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 620 pages
...plenteous Knglish hand in hand might go, With Greek and Latin, and did first reduce Our tongue from Lilly's writing then in use; Talking of stones, stars, plants, of fishes, flies, Plating with words, and idle uuih. ,, Ль th' English apes, and very zanies be Of every thing that... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 426 pages
...English hand in hand might go »' With Greek and Latin, and did first reduce " Our tongue from Lyly's writing, then in use ; " Talking of stones, stars,...plants, of fishes, flies, " Playing with words and idlesimilies, " As tli' English apes and very zanies be " Of every thing that they do hear and see,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 408 pages
...different opinion, and compliments Sydney, as the author that " Did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing, then in use; Talking of stones, stars, plants,...fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similies, As th" English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they do hear, and see; So imitating his... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1816 - 412 pages
...different opinion, and compliments Sydney, as the author that " Did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing, then in use; Talking of stones, stars, plants,...fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similies, As th' English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they do hear and see; So imitating his ridiculous... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...and to Sidney is ascribed .by Drayton the merit, that he " did first reduce Oar tongue from Lilly's writing then in use ; • Talking of stones, stars,...fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similies." But in this statement there is an inaccuracy, 'if it refers to the better model of style furnished... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 432 pages
...the overthrow of Euphuism -to Sir P. Sydney, who, he says, did first reduce Our tongue from Lylie's writing then in use, Talking of stones, stars, plants,...fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similies, As th' English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they do hear and see. Sydney died in 1584,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...ascribes the overthrow of Euphuism to Sir P. Sydney, who, he did first reduce Our tongue from Lylie's writing then in use, Talking of stones, stars, plants, of fishes, flies, 1'laying with words and idle similies, As th' English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...particularly Drayton, who compliments Sidney as the author that " Did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing, then in use ; Talking of stones, stars, plants, of fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similes, As the English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they do hear and see." Which must... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...particularly Drayton, who compliments Sidney as the author that " Did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing, then in use ; Talking of stones, stars, plants, of fishes, flies, Playing with words and idle similes, As the English apes and very zanies be Of every thing that they do hear and see." Which must... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - 422 pages
...English hand in hand might go With Greek and Latin, and did first reduce • Our tongue from Lily's writing then in use ; ' Talking of stones, stars,...fishes, flies, ' Playing with words, and idle similies, : As th' English apes, and very zanies be ; Of every thing that they do hear and see, : So imitating... | |
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