...with great humour and satire, that wretched Poet, Richard Flecnoe, who, as Dryden expresses it, — " In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute." This Poem suggested one of the best and severest Satires in the English language, — we mean Dryden's "...

...with great humour and satire, that wretched Poet, Richard Flecnoe, who, as Dryden expresses it,— " In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute." This Poem suggested one of the best and severest Satires in the English language,—we mean Dryden s " Me...

...nor fears your steady hand beguile; Yourself our balance hold, the world's, our isle. MAC FLECKNOE.f ALL human things are subject to decay, And when fate...summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe found, who.like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long; In prose and verse, was ownM,...

...stands represented as the son of a proverbial bard, whose name gives the satire a title, and who so long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute,...Through all the realms of nonsense — absolute! This production will always be deemed unsurpassable for the keenness of its wit, the felicity of its conception,...

...stands represented as the son of a proverbial bard, whose name gives the satire a title, and who so long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense — abiolute! This production will always be deemed unsurpassable for the keenness of its wit, the...

...when fate summons, monarchs must obey. He will pronounce them with the accent transposed thus : — All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. Now though he alters the tones, and transfers the acute from the beginning to the end of words, yet...

...number of welleducated persons. " Let a Scotchman take some verses of any of our poets, as these :— All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must ohey. He will pronounce them with the accent transposed thus:— All human things are subject to decay,...

...out, L.] laid open ; unprotected. OBNOXIOUS, [obnoxius, L.] subject to cognizance or punishment. " All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey." — (Dryden.} " But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldy, burdensome,...

...sacred volume are contained, Sufficient, clear, and for that use ordained ? THE MONARCH OF DULNESS.2 ALL human things are subject to decay ; And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. 1 From " Religio Laici." 2 From " Mac-Flecnoe" — ie the son of Flecnoe ; an expression employed to...

...and his greater laureate ; so that Dryden had every provocation against him, political and poetical. All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey ; This Flecnoe found, who, like Augustus, young, Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long : In prose and...