| Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1721 - 456 pages
...Adam; if the Giant had not foil'dthe Knight, and driv'n him out of his flrong. Hold, to wander thro' the World with his Lady Errant; and if there had not been more Machining Perfons than Humane, in his Poem-. After thefe, the reft of our Euglijh Poets (hall not be mention'd.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...had his aftion been fmifhed, or had been one. And Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, inftead of Adam, if the giant had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his ftrong hold, to wander through the world with his lady-errant ; and if there had not been more machining... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...his aftion been finifhed, or had been one. And Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, inftead of Adam, if the giant had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his ftrong hold, to wander through the world with his lady-errant; and if there had not been more machining... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...his action been finilhed, or had been one. And Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, inftead of Adam, if the giant had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his ftrong hold, to wander through the world with his ladyerrant ; and if there had not been rqore machining... | |
| 1792 - 918 pages
...aclion been finiflietl, or had been f>ne. And Mi'.ton, if ttie devil had not been his hero, infte.id of Adam, if the giant had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his ftiong liolii, to wander through the world with his ladyerrant ; and if there had not hern more machining... | |
| John Dryden - English prose literature - 1800 - 712 pages
...has a better plea for his FAIRY QUEEN, had his action been finished, or had been one ; and Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, instead of Adam...had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his strong hold, to wander through the world with his lady errant ; and if there had not been more * The... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...has a better plea for his FAIRY QUEEN, had his action been finished, or had been one ; and Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, instead of Adam...had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his strong hold, to wander through the world with his lady errant ; and if there had not been more 8 The... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...hero, instead of Adam ; if the giant had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his strong hold, to wander through the world with his lady errant ; and if there had not been more 8 The MORGANTE MAGGIORE of Luigi Pulci first appeared at Florence, in i.|H!-j; Boiardo's L'ORLANDO... | |
| Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...has a better plea for his Fairy Queen, had his action been finished, or had been one ; and Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, instead of Adam...had not foiled the knight, and driven him out of his strong hold, to wander through' the world with his lady errant ; and if there had not been more machining... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...has a better plea for his Fairy Queen, had his action been finished, or K 2 had been one; and Milton, if the devil had not been his hero, instead of Adam...not foiled the. knight, and driven him out of his strong hold, to wander through the world with his lady errant; and if there had not been more machining... | |
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