 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 442 pages
...Temple, in the following passage : " It may, perhaps, be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that 1 know of in prose, are JEsop's Fables and Phalans'i Epistles, both... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1814 - 580 pages
...before any of the modern languages. / It may perhaps be further affirmed, in favour / of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are ^still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, are yEsop's... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...before any of the modern languages. | It may perhaps be farther affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, arejEsop's... | |
 | Irishman - 1843 - 258 pages
...introduction to the controversy " It may, perhaps, be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still, in their kind, the best. The two most ancient that I know, in prose, among those we call profane authors, are jEsop's... | |
 | William Roberts - 1843 - 734 pages
...expresses himself on the subject : " It may, perhaps, be further affirmed in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have, are still, in their kind, the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, are " ^Esop's... | |
 | James Wills - 1846 - 262 pages
...introduction to the controversy. — " It may, perhaps, be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still, in their kind, the best. The two most ancient that I know, in prose, among those we call profane authors, are jEsop's... | |
 | abbé Marie Gabriel - 1857 - 482 pages
...Ancient and Modern Learning, in which he maintained the superiority of the ancients. And in support of his position, " that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best," he adduced the " Fables of Jîsop " and the " Epistles of Phalaris." This attracted attention... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 722 pages
...de bourbe, puis pousse en avant 1. Il may, perhaps, be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, are still... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 pages
...de bourbe, puis pousse en avant 1. It may, perhaps, be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, are still... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...forgery, admirable and authentic : — ' It may perhaps be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. The two most ancient that I know of in prose, among those we call profane authors, are iEsop's... | |
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It may perhaps be further affirmed, in favour of the ancients, that the oldest books we have are still in their kind the best. 
