 But what we gain'd in skill, we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius cursed; The second temple was not like the first: Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength.  The Double Dealer: A Comedy - Pagina 11door William Congreve - 1797 - 120 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1778 - 438 pagina’s
...cur'd ; Tam'd us to manners when the stage was rude, And hoist'rous English wit with art endu'd. 10 Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we...in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curs'd ; The second temple was not like the first ; Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, 15... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pagina’s
...: Tam'd us to manners, when the stage was rude, And boist'rous English wit — with art endu'd. 10 Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we...in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curs'd ; The second temple was not like the first ; Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pagina’s
...boisterous English wit with art endued. Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gaiu'd in skill we lost in strength. Our builders were with...second temple was not like the first : Till you, the beat Vitruvius, come at length j Our beauties equal, but excel our strength ; Firm Doric pillars found... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pagina’s
...endued. )ur age was cultivated thus at length ; Jut what we gain'd in skill we lost in strength. )ur builders were with want of genius curst; The second...first: till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length; >ur beauties equal, but excel our strength ; 'irra Doric pillars found your solid base : [Tie fair... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pagina’s
...rankness cured; Tamed us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous English wit with art endued. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we...in strength. Our builders were with want of genius cursed; The second temple was not like the first: Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our... | |
 | 1823 - 734 pagina’s
...those which rhyme together, though consisting of . 1'crcnt words; as, bay, day; lay, may; pay, say. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we...come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our rtrcngth — Drydm. Here the same rhymes, and even made by the same words, are separated y one couplet... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pagina’s
...manners, when the stage was rude, And boisterous English wit with art indu'd. Our age was eultivated rrow'd gold eompos'd The ealf in Oreb ; and the rebel king eurst ; The seeond temple was not like the first : TШ you, the best Vitruvius, eome at length, Our... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pagina’s
...rankness cur'd, Tam'd us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous I'.nglish wit with art indued. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we...not like the first ; Till you, the best Vitruvius, came at length; Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. natural folly (which is incorrigible, and... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 pagina’s
...rankness cur'd, Tam'd us to manners when the stage was rude, And boisterous English wit with art indued. Our age was cultivated thus at length, But what we...not like the first; Till you, the best Vitruvius, came at length ; Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. natural folly (which is incorrigible,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pagina’s
...rules of husbandry the rankness cur*d ; TamM us to manners, when the stage was rude ; And boisterous English wit with art indu'd. Our age was cultivated...in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curs'd ; The second temple was not like the first : Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length Our... | |
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