 I say his prose writings — for who that has read his sublime quatrains on the doctrine of Spinoza can doubt that he might have united, if he had pleased, in some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 94edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - Authors, Scottish - 1871 - 520 pages
...of Dryden, Gay, and Pope, with brief quotations by way of illustration, William Laidlaw whispered, " Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion...Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ? " At that time, — it was fifty years since, — no adventurous speculator had broached the theory,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...At last Laidlaw broke out with — " Glide preserve us ; this is a very superior occasion! Eh, sirs! I wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ! " In 1826 occurred the crash of Scott's fortunes, through the failure of the houses of Constable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 458 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up?" Since I have touched on the subject of Sir Walter's autumnal diversions in these his later years, I... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 456 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...rapt talk" had kept the circle round the fire until A \/ \ long after the usual bedtime of Abboteford — " Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior... | |
 | Walter Hawken Tregellas - Cornwall (England : County) - 1884 - 424 pages
...some great didactic form, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me one night,...he added, cocking his eye like a bird. "I wonder if Shakespeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up!" ' I am also indebted to Lockhart for the following... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 612 pages
...they did so in turn more charmingly than I ever heard either on any other occasion whatsoever. ... I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me one night,...and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ?' " The Friday Club. — This famous society, instituted in 18o3 in imitation of Dr. Johnson's at the Turk's... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 648 pages
...they did so in turn more charmingly than I ever heard either on any other occasion whatsoever. ... I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me one night,...and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ?' " The Friday Club. — This famous society, instituted in 1803 in imitation of Dr. Johnson's at the Turk's... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 256 pages
...majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night, when their ' wrapt talk ' had kept the circle round the fire until long...Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ?'" In spite of the many calls upon his time and energies entailed by his duties as President, he still... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 438 pages
...William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night, when their ' wrapt talk ' had kept the circle round the h're until long after the usual bed-time of Abbotsford...Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ?'" In spite of the many calls upon his time and energies entailed by his duties as President, he still... | |
 | Willmott Willmott-Dixon - Fishing - 1901 - 394 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden, and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...their ' rapt talk ' had kept the circle round the fire long after the usual bedtime of Abbotsford — ' Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion... | |
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