 | 1762 - 414 páginas
...embellifhment ; which is their own ; and this principally r«fes my efteem of thefe fables ; which I receive not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets j but as facred relicks, gentle whifpers, and the breaih of better times, that, rrom the tradition.-... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 522 páginas
...raifes my efteem of thofe " fables ; which I receive, not-as the product of the age, or in-* " vention of the poets, but as facred relics, gentle whifpers,...the flutes and trumpets " of the Greeks." Was it our author's real opinion, that the farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcience and knowledge... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 456 páginas
...and embraced " in earlier ages. And this principally " raifes my efteem of thofe fables ; which " I receive, not as the product of the age, " or invention...whifpers, and the breath " of better times, that from the tradi" tions of more ancient nations, came at " length into the flutes and trumpets of " the Greeks."... | |
 | 1791 - 340 páginas
...embellifhment, which is their own ; and this principally raifes my erteern of thefe fables ; which I receive not as the product of the age, or invention...length into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But if any one fhall, notwithftanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious, or impofed... | |
 | 1803 - 254 páginas
...embellishment, which is their own, And this principally raises my esteem of these fables ; which I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred reliques, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times ; that from the traditions of more... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 518 páginas
...ages. And this principally raifes my efleem «' of thofe fables ; which I receive, not as the pro" duct of the age, or invention of the poets, but " as facred...the flutes " and trumpets of the Greeks." Was it our author's fincere opinion, that the farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcience and... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 496 páginas
...thofe fables ; which I receive, not as tfre pro " dudl of the age, or invention of the poets, but (t as facred relics, gentle whifpers, and the breath...the flutes " and trumpets of the Greeks." Was it our author's fincere opinion, that the farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcience and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1813 - 182 páginas
...embellishment, which is their own. And this principally raises my esteem of these fables ; which. I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred reliques, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times ; that from the traditions of more... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 282 páginas
...embellishment, which it their own, And this principally raises my esteem of these fables ; which I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred reliques, gen; tie whispers, and the breath of better times; that from the traditions of mare... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 páginas
...invention of the poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers and the breath of better times, which from the traditions of more ancient nations came at...length into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But if any one shall, notwithstanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious or imposed... | |
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And this principally raises my esteem of these fables, which I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more ancient nations came,... 
