 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 some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 434by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some heams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and...rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fahric fills the cye, And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty : Thoughtless as monareh oaks, that... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1859 - 272 pages
...afflictions upon him, allowing him no lucid intervals. Fuller, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, b. iv. c. 2. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Dryden, Mac-FlecJmoe. Such is the nature of man, that it requires lucid intervals; and the vigour of... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1859 - 264 pages
...afflictions upon him, allowing him no lucid intervals. Fuller, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, b. iv. c. ^. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But ShadwelPs genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Dryden, Mac-Flecknoe.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates1 into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadweli's genuine night admits no ray ; His rising fogs prevail upon2 the day. Besides, his goodly... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...full stupidity. The rest to tome faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into tense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid internal; Bat Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray; His rising fogs prevail against the day. Besides,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 pages
...Mac Flecknoe :" The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no day.3 1 Mac is the Celtic for son ; and Richard Flecknoe was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, and a... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 pages
...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike thro', and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rUing fogs prevail upon the day.' i * Scott, 242. Dryden was now exposed to every species of insult... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
..."Mac Flecknoe:" The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...lucid interval; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no day. 3 1 Mat IB the Celtic for ion, And Richard Flecknoe wu an Irish Roman Catholic priest, and a wellknown... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1865 - 248 pages
...afflictions upon him, allowing him no lucid intervals. — FULLER, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, b. iv. c. 2. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs preva1l upon the day. DRYDEN, Mac-Flecknoc. Such is the nature of man, that it requires lucid intervals... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...uMac Flecknoe:" The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...interval; . But Shadwell's genuine night admits no day.' t .»/..< u the Celtic for Mm , And Richard Flecknoe was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, and... | |
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