Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some... The Literature of Society - Página 38por Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 páginas
...his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'din full stupidity : I The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; Flecnoe was an Irishman by birth, and a Roman Catholic priest... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 páginas
...my sons, is he Who stands eonfirm'din full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretenee, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lueid interval i Fleenoe wu an Irhhman by W,th, and a Roman Catholie fna' by profettioni... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 páginas
...is he, ¡Who stands confirn'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, Tiut Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike throngh, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 476 páginas
...in dulness from his tender years ; f « Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ; ^ \> # Note I. f Note II. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 316 páginas
...Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...Mature in dulnessfrom his tender years: Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirm'd oast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright,...breath is Afric's spicy gale. Thy skin is ivory so through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 páginas
...Mature in dulness from his tender years; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...my sons, is he Who stands eonfirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretenee, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lueid interval : But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 páginas
...when&oe'er it deviates from these rules, The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools. SHUingfleet, The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Drydcn. Some lower muse, perhaps, who lightly treads The deviuua paths where Wdiiton fancy leads. Roiee.... | |
| 1836 - 436 páginas
...through the immortal satire of Macjlecnoe, in which Dryden had pilloried him as the prince of dullness. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray. A modern critic, reviewing... | |
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