 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - Počet stránok 384
...nothing perfect in mankind." In the same Essay he gives his own receipt for satire: " 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 ! . . . This is the mystery of that noble trade. . . . Neither... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - Počet stránok 388
...nothing perfect in mankind." In the same Essay he gives his own receipt for satire: " How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms! . . . This is the mystery of that noble trade. . . . Neither... | |
 | 1893 - Počet stránok 662
...it : "The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. . . . 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." That is hard indeed. Satire is not a bludgeon, but a rapier.... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1895 - Počet stránok 182
...Satires oj Juveiial, London, fol. 1693, gives his own opinion of this sketch : — How easie it is to call Rogue and Villain, and that wittily? But how...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... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - Počet stránok 348
...school of courtly satirists. 6 Dryden, ' Essay on the Origin and Progress of Satire ' : ' 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. . . . This is the mystery of that noble trade.' Abbey describes... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - Počet stránok 350
...which is not to be taught; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature. How easy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily...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... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1902 - Počet stránok 144
...gives his own opinion of this sketch :— He left not Faction, but of that was left. How easie it is to call Rogue and Villain, and that wittily? But how...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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - Počet stránok 352
...nothing perfect in mankind." In the same Essay he gives his own receipt for satire : " 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 ! . . . This is the mystery of that noble trade. . . . Neither... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Počet stránok 562
...pleases, yet still the nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery How easy U is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms I To spare the grossness of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Počet stránok 562
...touches of satire consist in fine raillery How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily 1 but how hard to make a 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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How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms! 
