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... Andrew Marvell - Pàgina 21per Augustine Birrell - 1905 - 241 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pàgines
...wit, Cried, — 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 ; f Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some... | |
| 1809 - 402 pàgines
...Mature iu dulness from his tender years : Sit , alone, of all my suns, is lie, V ho stands coufiriu'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence; But Sh— — never deviates into sense. Some beams of uit on other souls may fall, Strike thro' and make... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 pàgines
...the following lines in his Mac Flecnoe : " Shadwell alone my perfect image hears, Mature in dulncss 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 make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pàgines
...should only rule, who most resembles me. Shad well alone my perfect image bears, mature in d illness 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 make pretence, but Shadwell never deviates... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pàgines
...with wit, cry'd, ' T is resolv'd ; for nature pleads, that he should only rule, who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, mature in dulness from his tender yea*s: Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pàgines
...first separated them, and now Dryden introduced Shadwell in his Mac-Fleckno, in these lines : " Others to some faint meaning make pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense ;" which certainly was unjust, for though as a poet Shadwell is not to be mentioned with Dryden, as... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pàgines
...first separated them, and now Dryden introduced Shadwell in his Mac-Fleckno, in these lines : " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ;" which certainly was unjust, for though as a poet Shadwell is not to be mentioned with Dryden, as... | |
| 1851 - 786 pàgines
...with strict propriety the lines which Dryden has placed in the mouth of the Prince of Bnluess : — " Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender yean; Shadwell alone, of all my sons is be Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pàgines
...Cried — " 'Tis resolvM ; for Nature pleads that he Should only rule that most resembles me. Shadwellf alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from...; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'din full stupidity : I The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pàgines
...resolv'di for Nature pleads that ho Should only rule that most resembles me. Shadwellf alone my perfeet image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years.... Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands eonfirm'din full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretenee, But Shadwell never deviates... | |
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