 | William Cowper - 1836 - 400 pagina’s
...Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all sc — 4. H inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiality,...goodnatured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven, as if he had trusted to his genius as... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 pagina’s
...Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him....good-natured and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven as if he had trusted to his genius as... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...reasons for his partiality to Vincent Bourne, than an admiration for his works, "because," he writes, "he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him : for he made me as idle as himself."*... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 604 pagina’s
...Propertius, Ausonius, or nny ofthe writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to /urn. I love him too with a love of partiality, because...at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good-natuml, and so indolent, that I lost more than I gol by him; for he made me as idle as himself.... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 626 pagina’s
...Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him....at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself.... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 654 pagina’s
...Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in Ids way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him....at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was so good naturcd, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself.... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 610 pagina’s
...Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiali/y, because he was Usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it. He was... | |
 | 1848 - 500 pagina’s
...and translated many of his works. " He was usher of the fifth form at Westminster," writes Cowper, " when I passed through it. He was so good-natured and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him : for he made me as idle as himself." Vincent Bourne is generally placed at the head of those Englishmen... | |
 | 1848 - 492 pagina’s
...and translated many of his works. " He was usher of the fifth form at Westminster," writes Cowper, " when I passed through it. He was so good-natured and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him: for he made me as idle as himself." Vincent Bourne is generally placed at the head of those Englishmen... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pagina’s
...Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius,* or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him....good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven, as if he had trusted to his genius as... | |
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I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the... 
