 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1763 - 604 pages
...merit of performances by the vulgar opinion, concerning the country which produced them, is certainly the moft ridiculous. "—Ridiculous, however, as it...or Greek Epigrammatift, if dug out of the ruins of Herculaneum, would meet with more cordial and univerfal applaufe, than all the moft beautiful and natural... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1763 - 630 pages
...merit of performances by the vulgar opinion, concerning the eriuntry which produced them, is certainly the moft ridiculous. —Ridiculous,, however, as it...I am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines <*fa Roman or Greek EpigMmmarift, if dug out of the ruins of Hercuhncum, would meet with more cordial... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...perforT mances by the vulgar opinion, concerning the country which produced them, is certainly the mod ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have...or Greek epigrammatift, if dug out of the ruins of Herculaneum, would meet with more cordial and univerfal applaufe, than all the mod beautiful and natural... | |
 | 1779 - 288 pages
...country which, produced them, is certainly the moft ridiculous. Ridiculous, however , as ic is , fev have the courage to reject it ; and , I am thoroughly...or Greek epigrammatift , if dug out of the ruins of Hereulaneum, would meet with more cordial and univerfal applaufe , than all the moft beautiful and... | |
 | 1796 - 524 pages
...them, is certainly the mon ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have the courage to rejefl it ; and I am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek Epigrammatiil, if dug out of the ruins of Herculaneum, vtould meet with more cordial and univerfal... | |
 | 1796 - 982 pages
...performances by the vulgar opinion concerning the country which produced them, is certainly the moil ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have the courage to reject it ; and 1 am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek Epigraromatifr, if dug out of... | |
 | 1796 - 512 pages
...merit of performance« by the vulgar opinion concerning the country which produced them, is certainly the moft ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have the courage to rejeét it ; and I am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek Epigrammatifl,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 pages
...performances by the vulgar opinion concerning the country which produced them, is certainly the molt ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have the courage to reject it; and 1 arti thoroughly Conparted before their return to England. Having contributed his aid to the fettlement... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...performances by the vulgar opinion concerning the country which produced the:n, is certainly the most ridiculous. Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have...convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek epigrammatist, if dug out of the rains of Herculaneum, would meet with more cordial and universal applause,... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 208 pages
...was thoroughly stirred up by the attacks of the critics, and his Dissertation is full of polemics. "I am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek epigrammatist, if dug out of the ruins of Herculaneum, would meet with more cordial and universal applause... | |
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—Ridiculous, however, as it is, few have the courage to reject it; and I am thoroughly convinced, that a few quaint lines of a Roman or Greek... 
