 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dullness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my...may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; Cut ShadwcU's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...alone of all my sons, was he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidityThe rest to some faint meaning may pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ;...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.* DRYBEN, Mac Flecknoe. Le successeur désigné monte aur le * Shadwell, seul, est ma parfaite image... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in lull stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence,...interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no lay, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems desigu'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...Cry'd, 'Tis resolv'd ; for Nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who most resembles rnr . Shadwell alone my perfect image bears. Mature in dulness from...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. SO Some beams of wit on other souls may fall. Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 pages
...the following lines in his Mac Flecnoe : " Shadwell alone my perfect image hears, Mature in dulncss from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day."' His works, consisting of seventeen plays, were published in three volumes 12mo. in 1720, with a short... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...should only rule, who most resembles me. Shad well alone my perfect image bears, mature in d illness from his tender years: Shadwell alone, of all my sons,...Shadwell never deviates into sense, Some beams of wit on oiher souls may fall, strike through, and make a lucid interval: but Shadwell's genuine night admits... | |
 | 1814 - 138 pages
...ridiculous, would be to transcribe the whole. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But (Barrett) never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other...fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But (Barrett's) genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. DUYDEN'S M'Flccknoe.... | |
 | 1851 - 786 pages
...bears, Mature in dulness from his tender yean; Shadwell alone, of all my sons is be Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shad well's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day." To get rid of these... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pages
...his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'din full stupidity : I The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But...may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; Flecnoe was an Irishman by birth, and a Roman Catholic priest by profession ; but not so utterly... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...my sons, is he Who stands eonfirm'din full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretenee, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams...on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lueid interval i Fleenoe wu an Irhhman by W,th, and a Roman Catholie fna' by profettioni but not to... | |
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Tis resolv'd; 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 confirm'd in full stupidity. ,The rest to... 
