 | John Dryden - Criticism - 1900 - 348 pages
...celebrated wits of that time, who then resorted thither. The second time that ever l was there, Mr. Dryden was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...especially of such as had been lately published. " If anything of mine is good," says he, " 'tis Mac-Flecuo, and I value myself the more upon it, because... | |
 | William Harrison Ukers - Coffee - 1922 - 878 pages
...celebrated wits cf that time, who then resorted thither. The second time that ever I was there, Mr. Dryden was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...especially of such as had been lately published. 'If anything of mine is good,' says he, ' 'tis 'Mac-Flacno', and I value myself the more upon it, because... | |
 | Alexander Frederick Bruce Clark - Comparative literature - 1925 - 570 pages
...visit to Will's and of his meeting Dryden there : " The second time that ever I was there, Mr. Dryden was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...especially of such as had been lately published. * If anything of mine is good ', says he, 'tis MacFlecknoe, and I value myself the more upon it because... | |
 | Guy Linton Diffenbaugh - 1926 - 36 pages
...celebrated wits of the time, who used to resort thither. The second time that ever I was there, Mr. Dryden was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...published. *If any^ thing of mine is good,' says he, 'it is my Mac Flecknoe; and T shaTI"value myself the more on it, because it is the first piece of ridicule... | |
 | John Dryden - 1926 - 342 pages
...celebrated wits of that time, who then resorted thither. The second time that ever I was there, Mr. Dryden was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...especially of such as had been lately published. " If anything of mine is good," says he, " 'tis Mac-Flecno, and I value myself the more upon it, because... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1866 - 832 pages
...of seeing thu most celebrated wits of the time. ' The second time that ever I was there, Mr. Drydeu was speaking of his own things, as he frequently did,...especially of such as had been lately published. " If anything of mine is good," says he. " 'tis Mac-Fleciwe; and I value myself the more upon it, because... | |
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... out of the country with one : however, in spite of my bashfulness and appearance, I used now and then to thrust myself into Will's, to have the pleasure of seeing the most celebrated wits of that time, who used to resort thither. 
