 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...Blind Melefigenes thence Homer call'd, Whofc poem Phoebus challeng'd for his own. 260 Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat Of Kile, and chance, and change... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...Blind Melefigenes thence Homer call'd, Whofe poem Phcebus challeng'd for his own. 260 Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...touched with the beauties of Homer, Hefiod, and Callimachus, without proceeding to enquire, What the lofty grave tragedians taught, In chorus or iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts *. I OWN, I have fome particular reafons for thinking... | |
 | 1782 - 440 pages
...touched with the beauties of Homer, Hefiod, and Callimachus, \vithout proceeding to enquire What the lofty grave Tragedians taught, In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief fententious precepts. From a word or two at the end of this article,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 360 pages
...Blind Melefigenes thence Homer call'd, Whofe poem Phcebus challeng'd for his own. 260 Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat 264 Of fate, and chance, and... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...Bund Mtlefigene*. thence Homer call'd, ^T»o!e foem Phoebus challeng'd for his own. Ihcuce what the lofty grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers beft Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In btief fcntentiou* precepts, while they treat Of Fate, and Chance, and change... | |
 | Hannah More - Education of princesses - 1805 - 378 pages
...In no country has decency and purity, and, to the difgrace of Chriftian countries, let it be added, added, have morality and even piety, been fo generally...chance for decifion than was here afforded. — If ft be allowed, that there never was a more proffigate city than Athens ; if if be equally indifputable,... | |
 | John Styles - Theater - 1815 - 254 pages
...be added, have morality, and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any Theatrical compositions as in what — " Her lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence." Yet in paying a just and warm tribute to the moral excellencies of these sublime... | |
 | Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 524 pages
...be added, have morality and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any theatrical compositions, as in what " her lofty grave Tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence." Yet, in paying a just and warm tribute to the moral excellencies of these... | |
 | Hannah More - 1834 - 436 pages
...Athenian populace. morality, and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any theatrical compositions, as in what her lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence. Yet, in paying a just and warm tribute to the moral excellencies of these sublime... | |
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... a noble exception. In no country has decency and purity, and, to the disgrace of Christian countries, let it be added, have morality, and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any theatrical compositions, as in what her lofty, grave tragedians... 
