His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder he makes to bring it into the... The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 191by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 550 pages
...them. In short, he is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation : his being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering...incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill sounding. That little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought, but with... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...being is in a twilight of sense, " and some glimmerings of thought, w hich he can never fashion intp wit or " English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly " lewd, and his numbers perputually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent " which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...character: " He's an ani" mal of a most deplored understanding, without " reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight " of sense, and some glimmering of thought which " he can never fashion into wit oY English. His style ." is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incor" rigibly lewd, and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...this character : "He's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers... | |
| John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 758 pages
...ersation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...'and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought; but, with the pudder... | |
| John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 748 pages
...tion. His being Is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...rhyme incorrigibly lewd, 'and his numbers perpetually harr-h and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought;... | |
| John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 748 pages
...this character : ' He 's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers... | |
| John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 764 pages
...this character : ' He 's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never iiishion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
..." mal of a most deplored understanding, without " reading and conversation. Hisbeingisinatwilight " of sense, and some glimmering of thought, which " he can never fashion into wit or English. His style " is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorri" gibly lewd, and his... | |
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