 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 246 pàgines
...which is now entirely forgotten, and very scarce. Bolton, in his Hypercritica, makes mention of him. " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...be father Southwell's: the English whereof, as it it most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." WILLIAM WARNER. BY far the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pàgines
...whom Warion calls a sensible critic, speaks of Southwell's works in the same strain of panegyric : "Never must be forgotten St. Peter's complaint, and...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." Mr. Headley seems first to have revived the memory of Southwell, as a poet, by some curious specimens,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 508 pàgines
...verse. Edmund Bolton» in his Hypercritica, written about 1616 (though not published till 1722), says, " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." His St. Peter's Complaint, with other Poems, was first printed in 1595, 4to.; again 1597, 1599; again... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 476 pàgines
...though not printed till 1722: " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and those other serions poems said to be father SOUTHWELL'S ; the English...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." This recommendation of an old English critic, who had been pronounced judicious and sensible by Mr. Warton,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 470 pàgines
...disregard, since Bolton had said in his Hypercritica, Written about 1616, though not printed till 1722: "Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...other serious poems said to be father SOUTHWELL'S j the English whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them."... | |
 | Joseph Haslewood - 1815 - 360 pàgines
...the Work (as the Fame is) of one of her Gentlemen Pensioners, Puttenham, are Princely, as her Prose. Never must be forgotten St Peter's Complaint, and those other serious Poems said to be father Southwelfs ; the English whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness, and Light of Wit is very rare... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pàgines
...whom Warton calls a sensible critic, speaks of Southwell's works in the same strain of panegyric : " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's complaint, and...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." Mr. Headley seems first to have revived the memory of Southwell, as a poet, by some curious specimens,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1824 - 504 pàgines
...the work, as the fame is, of one of her gentlemenpensioners, Puttenham, are princely as her prose. Never must be forgotten St. PETER'S COMPLAINT, and...the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them. Noble Henry Constable was a great master in English tongue, nor had any gentleman of our nation a more... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 672 pàgines
...forgotten ' St. Prlet'i CompUnf, and those other serious Poems said to be Father Southwell's ; UKEnglish whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." Yet Bp. Hall cries out ' Hence, ye profane : mell not with holy things.' * * * * Parnassus is transform'd... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 408 pàgines
...robbing * Edmund Bolton, an old English critic, in his Hypercritica, has this notice of Southwell : " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit i» very rare in them." a nobleman's steward of a gold chain. But these charges rest upon no foundation,... | |
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Complaint and those other serious poems said to be father Southwell's ; the English whereof, as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them. 
