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... A Manual of English Literature - Page 441by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Mature in dulnessfrom his tender years: Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirm'd oast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright,...Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale. Thy skin is ivory Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 meaning...pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may foil, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's... | |
| 468 pages
...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. A... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 pages
...invective : the name of usurper, however, belongs not to me ; but, if my consequence with the Others to some faint meaning make pretence, — But Shadwell never deviates into sense. — DKYDEN. people excites your envy, you should consider that it has not been forced : if I am placed... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 pages
...invective : the name of usurper, however, belongs not to me ; but, if my consequence with the * Others to some faint meaning make pretence, — But Shadwell never deviates into sense. — DRYDEN, people excites your envy, you should consider that it has not heen forced : if I am placed... | |
| 1847 - 640 pages
...for a successor. " Shadwell alo-30 my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years, Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense." 8. Ludicrous insinuation has always a nch»? effect than the laughable direct. Byron's " Епгlish... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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...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... | |
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