 | Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 oldal
...the heart : Cold Approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise; A mortal born, he met the general doom, But...flame. Themselves they studied ; as they felt, they \vrit : Intrigue was plot, obscenity was wit. 20 Vice always found a sympathetic friend ; They pleased... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 oldal
...lingering bays; For those who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the gen'ral doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb....easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakepeare's fame. Themselves they studied; as they felt, they STUDIES OF SHAKSPERE. Vice always found... | |
 | 1868 - 416 oldal
...pacem adpellant." Johnson says of the wits of Charles the Second's age -. "Themselves they itudied ; as they felt they writ; Intrigue was plot, obscenity...wit. Vice always found a sympathetic friend : They pleased their age and did not aim to mend." as it is. Like other Hanoverians, I have read an article... | |
 | 1868 - 978 oldal
...assayed the heart ; Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For they who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom ; But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb." Dr. Samuel Johnson. " The art of Jonson was not conßned to the cold observations of the unities of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 oldal
...praise. A mortal born, he met the gen'ral doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. " The witg of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's fame. Themselves they studied; aa they felt, they writ : Intrigue was plot, obscenity was wit. Vice... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - 1869 - 486 oldal
...tragedies, formed upon the Parisian model. The .English audience had not patience for the regular ' [" The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame. Nor wish'd for Jvnson's art, or Shakspearu's flame. Themselves they studied, as they felt they writ ; Intrigue wa-*... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 oldal
...heart; Cold approbation gave the lingering bays; For those who durst not censure, scarce could prais« A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. Yet bards like these aspired to lasting praise, And proudly hoped to pimp in future days. Their cuuse... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 oldal
...the heart; Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But...The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakespeare's flame ; Themselves they studied, as they felt they writ.... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 oldal
...admirable and well worth quoting:— A mortal born, lie met the general doom, But left, like Egypfs kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakespeare's flame ; Themselves they studied, as they felt they writ,... | |
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The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's flame. Themselves they studied; as they felt, they writ: Intrigue was plot, obscenity was wit. 
