 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 pages
...be hard for them to shew us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were : they can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...even, sweet, and flowing, as Mr. Waller; nothing so majestick, so correct, as Sir John Denham ; nothing so elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...be hard for them to shew us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were : they can (produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...even, sweet, and flowing, as Mr. Waller ; nothing so majestick, so correct, as Sir John Denham ; nothing so elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...for them to shew us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were: they can J produce nothing so courtly writ, or which expresses...even, sweet, and flowing, .as Mr. Waller; nothing so majcstick, so correct, as Sir Jphn Dcnham ; nothing so elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...be hard for them to shew us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were. They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...copious, and full of spirit, as Mr Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, 1 can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass them;... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 442 pages
...us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were. They can produce riothing so courtly writ, or which expresses so much the conversation...copious, and full of spirit, as Mr Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass them... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 pages
...be hard for them to shew us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were. They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...sweet, and flowing, as Mr Waller; nothing so majestic, go correct, as Sir John Denham; nothing so elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as Mr Cowley.... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 pages
...be hard for them to show us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were, They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...as Sir John Suckling ; nothing so even, sweet, and Sowing, as Mr. Waller ; nothing so majestic, so correct, as Sir John Denham .; nothing so elevated,... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 pages
...he hard for them to show us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were. They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...copious, and full of spirit, as Mr. Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass them... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 pages
...he hard for them to show us one such amongst them, as we have many now living, or who lately were. They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which...even, sweet, and flowing, as Mr. Waller ; nothing so majestie, so correct, as Sir John Denham ; nothing n elevated, so copious, and Cull of spirit, as Mr.... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...of James II. In his Essay of Dramatic Poesy, Dryden says that the France of that day could produce 'nothing so even, sweet, and flowing as Mr. Waller...nothing so majestic, so correct, as Sir John Denham.' L. 367. And «h•• smooth stream : The smoothness of this line is merely in the words, not in the... | |
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They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which expresses so much the conversation of a gentleman, as Sir John Suckling; nothing so even, sweet, and flowing, as Mr. Waller; nothing so majestic, so correct, as Sir John Denham; nothing so elevated, so... 
