 | English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...What woful Stuff this Madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd Hackney-Sonneteer, or me ? But let a Lord once own the happy Lines, How the Wit brightens ! How. the Style refines ! Before his ficred Name flies ev'iy Fault ; Arid each exalted -Stanza teems with Thought. Pope. Some... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...performance in question is entitled to. " Of this Essay, (says Johnson) which Dryden has exalted so highly, it may be justly said, that the precepts are judicious, sometimes new, and often happily expressed ; but there are, after all the emendations, many weak lines, and some strange appearances of negligence;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...performance in question is entitled to. " Of this Essay, (says Johnson) which Dryden has exalted so highly, it may be justly said, that the precepts are judicious, sometimes new, and often happily expressed ; but there are, after all the emendations, many weak lines, and some strange appearances of negligence;... | |
 | rev. William Betham - 1803 - 500 pages
...".What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! " It is certain," says the other, " that his Grace's compositions in prose have nothing extraordinary... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...poetry, perhaps he found the words in a quotation. Of this Essay, which Dryden has exalted so highly, it may be justly said that the precepts are judicious, sometimes new, and often happily expressed j but ttoere are, after all the emendations, many weak lines, and some strange appearances of negligenee... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...Sftctsttr. What woful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starv'd hackney sonmtlcer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the style refines! Pupe. SON-J'FEROUS. adj. \_sonvs zn&fcro, Lat.] Giving or bringing sound. This will appear, let the... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starv'd hackney sonnetteer or me ? But let a LORD ONCE OWN the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought. The best part... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...lord. What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starv'd hackney souneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought ! The vulgar... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...lord. What wofiil stuff this madrigal would be In some starv'd hackney sonneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought ! The vulgar... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...\Vl.ui woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starv'd hackney sounetteer or me 1 But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fanlt, And each exalted stanaa teems with thought! ^Hw vulgar... | |
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What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought. 
