 Wit, like all other things, subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and, at different times, takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century, appeared a race of writers, that may be termed the...  The British poets, including translations - Page 19by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...much praised, and too much neglected at another. Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different tiine.s takes different forms About the beginning of the seventeenth century, appeared a race of writers... | |
 | René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pages
...terms appropriated to particular arts.« 127. ebenda, 2 (Addison), 14;. 128. ebenda, / (Cowley), i8: »...has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms.« 129. ebenda (Dryden), S. 411: »...to judge rightly of an author we must transport ourselves to his... | |
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