 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 - Pągina 21per Augustine Birrell - 1905 - 241 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 476 pągines
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pągines
...with Wit, Cried—' Tis resolved ; for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my .perfect image bears, Mature in...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pągines
...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...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pągines
...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...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pągines
...Should only rule, who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulnessfrom they tell thee so, For thou art present wheresoe'er I go. If to fai confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pągines
...resolv'd ; for nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfeet t eonfirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretenee, But Shadwell never deviates... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pągines
...with wit, Cried, 'T is rcsolv'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 years : Shadwcll alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint... | |
 | 468 pągines
...Dullness to apostrophize his rival in " Mack Flecknor." " Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stand confirmed in full stupidity ; The rest to some faint...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. The midwife clapped her hand upon his sknll With this prophetic blessing—' Be thou dull,' " *c. &e.... | |
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