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" For the rest, his obsolete language, and the ill choice of his stanza, are faults but of the second magnitude ; for, notwithstanding the first, he is still intelligible, at least after a little practice; and for the last, he is the more to be admired,... "
A Selection from the Writings of Henry R. Cleveland: With a Memoir - Page 217
by Henry Russell Cleveland, George Stillman Hillard - 1844 - 384 pages
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...county of Corke, with 3000 acres of land annexed to it ; and though he was unsupported by withstanding the first, he is still intelligible, at least after a little practice ; and for the last, he is such influence as Sydney might have had at court, above five years afterwards, Feb. 25, 1590-91, (as...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 712 pages
...county of Corke, with 3000 acres of land annexed to it ; and though he was unsupported by. withstanding the first, he is still intelligible, at least after a little practice ; and for the last, he is such influence as Sydney might have had at court, above five years afterwards, Feb. 25, 1590-91, (as...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 13

John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...anew. And stoutly will that second work assoyle. With strong endevour, and attention due. language, f and the ill choice of his stanza, are faults but of...for the last, he is the more to be admired, that, labouring under such a difficulty, his verses are so numerous, so various, and so harmonious, that...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 pages
...anew. And stoutly will that second work assoyle, \Vith strong endevour, and attention due. language, f and the ill choice of his stanza, are faults but of...for the last, he is the more to be admired, that, labouring under such a difficulty, his verses are so numerous, so various, and so harmonious, that...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...the poet both of means and spirit to accomplish his design. For the rest, his obsolete language, and ill choice of his stanza, are faults but of the second...and for the last, he is the more to be admired, that labouring under such a difficulty, his verses are so numerous, so various, and so harmonious, that...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...spirit to accomplish his design. For the rest, his obsolete language, and ill choice of his stanzas,* are faults but of the second magnitude : for notwithstanding...after a little practice ; and, for the last, he is more to be admired, that labouring under such disadvantages, his verses are so numerous, so various,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...spirit to accomplish his design. For the rest, his obsolete language, and ill choice of his stanzas,* are faults but of the second magnitude : for notwithstanding...after a little practice ; and, for the last, he is more to be admired, that labouring under such disadvantages, his verses are so numerous, so various,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 13

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 444 pages
...I break anew, And stoutly will that second work assoyle, With strong endeavour, and attention due. language,* and the ill choice of his stanza, are faults...for the last, he is the more to be admired, that, labouring under such a difficulty, his verses are so numerous, so various, and so harmonious, that...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...dying before him, deprived the poet both of means and spirit to accomplish his design. For the rest, his obsolete language and the ill choice of his stanza...and for the last, he is the more to be admired, that labouring under such a difficulty, his verses are so numerous, so various, and so harmonious, that...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...accomplish his de'sign. For the rest,' his obsolete language, and the ill choice of his ¡stanza, aro faulte reely mixed with mine, In lasting l>onds my heart...why impressed Ou my weak, wretched, dying breast Î lie ie the mon; to be admired, that, labouring under Buch a difficulty, his verses are so numerous,...
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