 As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras: so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare, witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends, fyc.  Life of Shakespeare - Seite 116von James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1909 - 222 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1896 - 138 Seiten
...English Poets with the Greek, Latin, and Italian Poets " ; " as the soul of Euphorbus," he observed, " was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his fenus and Admis, his Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends," etc. Again, in 1599,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1593 - 138 Seiten
...English Poets with the Greet, Latin, and Italian Poets" ; "as the soul of Euphorbus," he observed, "was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Fcnus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends," etc. Again, in 1599,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 Seiten
...Warburton, Capel, Johnson, Steevens, Reed, Malone, &c. ing observation. " As the soul of Euphorbus wa» thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous honey-tongued Shakespeare: witness his Venus and Adonis; his Lucrece; his sacred sonnets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 Seiten
...before, being mentioned by Meres in his Wit's Treasury, 1598 : " As the soul of Euphorbus (says he) was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his private friends,"... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1827 - 388 Seiten
...Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, Sonnets, etc. crown 8vo. 8s. boards. " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous and honey -tongued Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared... | |
 | 1828
...Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrèce, Sonnets, &c. crown 8vo. 8s. boards. " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous and honey-tongucd Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his sugared... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...that on the 12th of June it was in circulation. " As the soul of Euphorbus," saith Meres, in 1598, " was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet, witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare : witness his Venus and Adonis." Sir Henry Wotton writes from Eton College to the young... | |
 | 1833 - 388 Seiten
...are amply sufficient to shew that Shakspeare fully appreciated his own * " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid liveв in the mellifluous honey. tongued Shakspeare : witness his Venus and Adonis ; his Lucrece; bis... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 Seiten
...indulged himself in an allusion to the poet after tho following strain: — "As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare." Witness, Mr. Meres proceeded, startling greatly all who i-id not heard of them, witness... | |
 | 1835 - 466 Seiten
...indulged himself in an illusion to the poet after the following strain : — " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-toagned Shakspeare." Witness, Mr. Meres proceeded, startling "greatly all who had not heard of... | |
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