| Juvenal - 1735 - Počet stránok 512
...to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from Nature: How ealie it is to call Rogue and Villain, and that wittily ! But...without ufing any of thofe opprobrious Terms ! To fpare theGroflhefsof the Namesr and to do the thing yet more feverely, is to draw a full Face, and to make... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - Počet stránok 398
...could not arrive. It is not reading, it is not imitation of an author, which can produce his finenefs : it muft be inborn, it muft proceed from a genius,...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without out ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms! To fpare the groffhefs of the names, and to do the thing... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - Počet stránok 396
...is not to be taught; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature : how eaiy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily!...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without out ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms! To fpare the grofTnefs of the names, and to do the thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 398
...arrive. It is not reading, it is not imitation of an author, which can produce his finenefs : it muft Tae inborn, it muft proceed from a genius, and particular...appear a •fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufmg any of '-Vol.. VII. •& -thofc. thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groflhtfs »f the names,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 384
...it muft be inborn, it muft proceed from a genius, and particular way of thinking, which is not tojbe taught; and therefore not to be imitated by him who...fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of VOL. VII, O tho'fe thofe opprobrious terms! To fpare the groffnefs of the names, and to do the thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 390
...which is not to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature: bow eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily...ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groffhefs of the names, and to do the thing yet more feverely, is to draw a full face, and to make... | |
| English poets - 1790 - Počet stránok 388
...could not arrive. It is not reading, it is not imitation of an author, which can produce his finenefs : it muft be inborn, it muft proceed from a genius,...fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of VoL. XXIV. O thofe thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groflhefs of the names, and to do the thing... | |
| 1797 - Počet stránok 522
...Aviftnefs adds more lively agitation to the (pints, DryJen. \ 103. Delicate Satire not eaftly hit off. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain* and that wittily ! but how hard to mike a nan appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without uling any of thofe opprobrious terms! To... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - Počet stránok 662
...not to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature. How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms ! To spare the grossness of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - Počet stránok 674
...not to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature. How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms ! To spare the grossness of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
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