 | William Cowper - 1904 - 546 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1904 - 544 pagina’s
...him a better Latin poet thanTibuliusTTPropertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in Ms way,-excej>t Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too...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... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 286 pagina’s
...Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid. . . . 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. He was such a sloven, as if be had trusted to his genius as... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 288 pagina’s
...Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid. . . . 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. He was such a sloven, as if he had trusted to his genius as... | |
 | 1906 - 410 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... | |
 | Stanley Thomas Williams - 1917 - 402 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....him, too, with a love of partiality, because he was the Usher of the Fifth Form at Westminster when I passed through it. ... I remember seeing the Duke... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1921 - 440 pagina’s
...Propertius, Ausonius, or -any of the writers in his way except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. 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." Another usher was Dr. Pierson Lloyd,1 whom the boys called... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1840 - 374 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,... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pagina’s
...Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way except Ovid, and not at all interior to him. I love him too, with a love of partiality,...goodnatured, and so indolent, that I lost more than T got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. . . . It is not common to meet with an Author who... | |
 | 1820 - 684 pagina’s
...Propertins, Au.stmius, ir any • of the writers in /m way. except Ovid, and notât all inferior to /i ¡in. I love him. too with a love of partiality, because...was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I (Kissed through it. He was so good natural, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for... | |
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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... 
