 Muses; and both he and all the rest that followed him either stole or usurped of poetry their passionate describing of passions, the many particularities of battles which no man could affirm, or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths...  Sir Philip Sidney - Page 147by John Addington Symonds - 1887 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...weight, of the Poets. So Herodotus intitled the books of his history by the names of the Nine Muses ; and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm ; or, if. that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...weight, of the Poets. So Herodotus intitled the books of his history by the names of the Nine Muses ; and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm ; or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it... | |
 | 1831 - 368 pages
...of the poets : so Herodotus entitled the books of his history by the names of the nine muses ; and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm ; or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which, it... | |
 | Charles Westerton - 1859 - 228 pages
...weight, of the poets. So Herodotus entitled the books of his history by the names of the Nine Muses, and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm, or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which, it is... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1860 - 412 pages
...of the poets ; so Herodotus entitled the books of his history by the names of the Nine Muses ; and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm ; or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which, it... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...of the poets : so Herodotus intituled the books of his History by the names of the Nine Muses ; and both he, and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles which no man could affirm ; or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which, it... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...of the poets ; so Herodotus entitled the books of his history by the names of the Nine Muses ; and feasts, and all other euch-like ; or, if that be denied me, long orations, put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 428 pages
...and perchance weight of poets. So Herodotus entituled his history by the name of the Nine Muses : and both he and all the rest that followed him, either...particularities of battles, which no man could affirm ; or if that be denied me, long orations put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it is... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 520 pages
...weight of poets. So Herodotus entituled his history by the name of the Nine Muses : and both he and alt the rest that followed him, either stole or usurped...particularities of battles, which no man could affirm ; or if that be denied me, long orations put in the mouths of great kings and captains, which it is... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 230 pages
...came before prose-authors. The earliest philosophers, Empedocles and Parmenides, Solon and Tyrtseus, committed their metaphysical speculations, their gnomic...affirm." They also put imaginary speeches into the mouths of kings and captains. The very names which the Greeks and Eomans, "the authors of most of our... | |
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