 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 Seiten
...most resembles me. Sh alone my perfect image bears, i Mature in dulness from his tender years : Sh alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretense, But Sh never deviates into sense. ю Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike thro',... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 Seiten
...Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sous is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. — DRYDEN, JOHN, 1682, Mac Flecknoe, v. 15-24. I am willing to say the less of Mr. Shadwell, because... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 426 Seiten
...Emperor Mac Flecknoe's devise of the Crown of Nonsense to a forgotten poetaster ; for the reason that Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, In its boisterous, rugged variety, it is an excellent, if rather too deliberate, example of onomatopoeia... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 488 Seiten
...suggested to Pope the writing of the Dunciad. These lines are among the best in the poem : " Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. the same time that the second part of Absalom and Achitophel made its appearance, the Religio Laici... | |
 | University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1914 - 498 Seiten
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, 20. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 21/24. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. 25. Besides his goodly fabric fills the eye 26. And seems designed for thoughtless majesty. 29. Heywood... | |
 | Milton D. Baumgartner - 1914 - 100 Seiten
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, 20. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 21/24. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. 25. Besides his goodly fabric fills the eye 26. And seems designed for thoughtless majesty. 29. Heywood... | |
 | Myron Harmon Swenk - 1914 - 468 Seiten
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, 20. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 21/24. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. 25. Besides his goodly fabric fills the eye 26. And seems designed for thoughtless majesty. 29. Hcywood... | |
 | Norman Furlong - 1946 - 196 Seiten
...sort of ironical 'Evil, be thou my good ' : Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dullness from his tender years; Shadwell alone of all my Sons...other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid intervall; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising Fogs prevail upon the Day.1 This... | |
 | George deF. Lord - 1963 - 608 Seiten
...most resembles me. Sh alone my perfect image bears, is Mature in dulness from his tender years: Sh alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretense, But Sh never deviates into sense. *> Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through,... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 Seiten
...resembles me. Shadweli alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadweli alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirm'd...The rest to some faint meaning• make pretence, But Shadweli never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and... | |
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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... 
