 But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, (Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1481845Full view - About this book
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 474 pages
...ever had a fit subject for his wit, and did not is then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...was no subject of which any poet ever writ, but he could produce it much better done in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...Quantum lenu totonl Inter viburua cuprcui The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say, that them was no subject of which any poet ever writ, but he would pro dace it much better done in Shakspere ; and however others are now generally preferred before him,... | |
 | Max Moltke, Shakespeare-museum - 1881 - 344 pages
...raise himself as high above the rest of the poets — Quantum lenta soient inter viburna «upressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...writ, but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | George Saintsbury - Authors, English - 1881 - 216 pages
...not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenU solent inter viburna cupressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...ever writ but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | Short essays - 1885 - 208 pages
...subject of which any poet ever wrote, but he would produce it much better treated in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him, Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in... | |
 | Karl Elze - 1888 - 632 pages
...inGildon's " Letters and Essays " (1694), and lastly in Howe (1700), turns upon an assertion of Hales : " that there was no subject of which any Poet ever writ, but he would produce it much better treated of in Shakespeare." This is Dryden's version of the story. The remark was improved upon as... | |
 | John Dryden - Drama - 1889 - 208 pages
...solent inter mbuma cufressi.a 1 a little envy, A. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eaton say, that there was no subject of which any poet ever writ, but he would produce it much better done1 in Shakspeare ; and however others are now generally s preferred before him, yet the age wherein... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 pages
...proves the miserable taste of the age." — SCOTT. (Jiinatitm lentil sale ul inter viburmi cupressi.1* The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say,...writ, but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1892 - 428 pages
...then raise himself as high above the rest of poets — Quantum lento, solent inter viburna cupressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton* say, that there was no subject of which any this decision, proves the miserable taste of the age. In fact, Jonson, by dint of learning and arrogance,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1892 - 428 pages
...then raise himself as high above the rest of poets — Quantum lento, solent inter vilrurna cupressi. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton* say, that there was no subject of which any this decision, proves the miserable taste of the age. In fact, Jonson, by dint of learning and arrogance,... | |
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