 Bembus, that they were first bringersin of all civility; to believe, with Scaliger, that no philosopher's precepts can sooner make you an honest man than the reading of Virgil; to believe, with Clauserus, the translator of Cornutus, that it pleased the...  The Life and Times of Sir Philip Sidney - Page 220by S. M. Henry Davis - 1859 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1822 - 746 pages
...philosophy, natural and moral, aud t¡t>id пен? То believ with mee, that there are many mysteriei contained in poetry, which of purpose were written...darkly, lest by profane wits, it should be abused ; to believ with Landin, tbat they are so beloved of the gods, that whatsoever they write, proceeds out... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...with Clauserus, the translator of Cornutus, that it pleased the Heavenly Deity, by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge...poetry, which of purpose were written darkly, lest of profane wits they should be abused ; — to believe, with Landin, that they are so beloved of the... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 378 pages
...with Clauserus, the translator of Co.rnutus, that it pleased the Heavenly Deity, by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge...poetry, which of purpose were written darkly, lest of profane wits they should be abused ; — to believe, with Landin, that they are so beloved of the... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...with Clauserus, the translator of Cornutus, that it pleased the Heavenly Deity, by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge...poetry, which of purpose were written darkly, lest of profane wits they should be abused ; — to believe, with Landin, that they are so beloved of the... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...translator of Cornutns, that it pleased the Heavenly Deity, hy Ilesiod and Homer, under the veil of fahles, to give us all knowledge — logic, rhetoric, philosophy natural and moral, and quùl non ? — to helieve, with me, that there are many mysteries contained in poetry, which of purpose... | |
 | Charles Henry Hartshorne - Ballads, English - 1829 - 378 pages
...but beginning to tread in the " primrose path," may be answered by the words of Sir Philip Sidney, " that there are many mysteries contained in poetry,...darkly, lest by profane wits it should be abused." • The earliest transcript was Piers of Ffulham j to this are appended some scanty notes at the end... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1849 - 256 pages
...the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge, logick, rhetoric, philosophy natural and moral, and quid non...profane wits it should be abused; to believe with Landui, that they are so beloved by the gods, that whatsoever they write proceeds of a divine fury... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1849 - 342 pages
...the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge, logick, rhetoric, philosophy natural and moral, and quid non...darkly, lest by profane wits it should be abused ; to believa with Landui, that they are so beloved by the gods, that whatsoever they write proceeds of a... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 286 pages
...with Clauserus, the translator of Cornutu, that it pleased the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge,...profane wits it should be abused ; to believe with Landui, that they are so beloved by the gods, that whatsoever they write proceeds of a divine fury... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 280 pages
...with Olauserus, the translator of Cornutu, that it pleased the heavenly Deity by Hesiod and Homer, under the veil of fables, to give us all knowledge,...profane wits it should be abused; to believe with Landui, that they are so beloved by the gods, that whatsoever they write proceeds of a divine fury;... | |
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