I have asked some learned men, whether they are not in reality as much tired as myself with reading this poet: those who spoke ingenuously, assured me that he had made them fall asleep, and yet that they could not well avoid giving him a place in their libraries; but that it was merely as they would do an antique, or those rusty medals which are kept only for curiosity, and are of no manner of use in commerce."
Algunas veces he preguntado á varios hombres doctos si los aburria esta lectura tanto como á mí; y todos los que hablaban sinceramente me han confesado que se les caía el libro de las manos, pero que era indispensable tenerle en su biblioteca, como un monumento de la antigüedad, ó como una medalla enmohecida que no es ya materia de comercio.