 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 Seiten
...Settle. 1648-1724. He's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense and some glimmering of thought which he never can fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 Seiten
...he gives this character : ' He is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought, which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 438 Seiten
...attack upon him : — " He's an animal of most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which we can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 674 Seiten
...Settle : "In short, he is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation : his being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering...and rough-hewn ; his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and hia numbers perpetually harsh and illBounding." Settle, nothing dismayed by this vehement attack, manfully... | |
 | William Wycherley - 1888 - 570 Seiten
...fine, we may apply to this volume, without qualification, Dryden's remarks upon poor Elkanah Settle : " His style is boisterous and rough-hewn ; his rhyme...and his numbers perpetually harsh and illsounding." Yet there is one thing which redeems the volume from utter contempt, as a testimony, not, indeed, to... | |
 | William Wycherley - 1888 - 622 Seiten
...we may apply to this volume, without qualification, Dryden's remarks .upon poor Elkanah Settle : " His style is boisterous and rough-hewn ; his rhyme...and his numbers perpetually harsh and illsounding." Yet there is one thing which redeems the volume from utter contempt, as a testimony, not, indeed, to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1892 - 428 Seiten
...them. In short, he is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation : his being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering...and his numbers perpetually harsh and illsounding. That little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought, but with the pudder... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1892 - 428 Seiten
...them. In short, he is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation : his being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering...and his numbers perpetually .harsh and illsounding. That little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought, but with the pudder... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 236 Seiten
...understanding. His being is on a twilight of sense and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and roughhewn,...and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. 419. But faggoted his notions. It is curious to find that Dryden appears to have been indebted for... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 194 Seiten
...with Crowne and Shadwell : — " He is an animal of a most deplored understanding. His being is on a twilight of sense and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and roughhewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers... | |
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His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder he makes to bring it into the... 
