A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 406 — Chapter I · FROM MALHERBE TO BOILEAU. (continued 2)

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J. Warton (Adventurer, No. 49) asserts, on the authority of Ménage, that even Rapin was “totally ignorant” of Greek. M. does not quite say this: but he does say that R. got his Greek quotations from Tanneguy-Lefèvre, Madame Dacier’s father (Ménagiana, i. 175 of the collected ed.)

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