 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 pągines
...many poems, (especially in the amorous way) which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language, in which that fancy was spread, were...to any of that time : but his glory was, that after fifty years of his life, spent with less severity and exactness than it ought to have been, he died... | |
 | 1798 - 618 pągines
...which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy was spred, were at least equal, if not superior, to any of that time." Sir John Suckling is called by Dryden " a sprightly wit, and a courtly writer :" the advantages of... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pągines
...sharp" ness of the fancy, and for the elegance of the language " in which that fancy was spread, they were at least equal, " if not superior, to any of that time. But his glory was " that, after fifty years of his life spent with less severity " and exactness than they ought to have been, he died... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pągines
...shaip" ness of the fancy, and for the elegance of the language " in which that fancy was spread, they were at least equal, " if not superior, to any of that time. But his glory was " that, aKetJtfty years of his life spent with less severity " and exactness than they ought to have been,... | |
 | 1802 - 522 pągines
...(especially in the amorous way) which fi>r the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language-, i« which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if 'not superior to any ofthat time: butins glory -was, that after fifty years of lib lile, spent with less severity or exactness... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 474 pągines
...forthesharp" ness of the fancy and the elegancy of the language in " which that fancy was spread, they were at least equal, if " not superior, to any of that time. But his glory was that, " after ffly years of his life spent with less severity or " exactness than they ought to have been, he died... | |
 | W. Gardiner - 1808 - 786 pągines
...Clarendon eeys, that his Poems, ** for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy -of the language, were at least equal, if not superior to any of that time." — And Davenant sings, " Thy Wits chief Virtue is become its Vice ; For every Beauty thou hast rais'd... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pągines
...for the sharpness of the fancy and the elegancy of the language, in which that language was spiced, were at least equal, if not superior to any of that time. But his glory was that after fifty years of his life spent with less severity or exactness than it ought to have been, he died with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pągines
...pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems (especially in the amorous way) which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language, in...to any of that time : but his glory was, that after ffty years of his life spent with less severity or exactness than it ought to have been, he died with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 620 pągines
...many pocitra, (especially in the amorous way,) which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy was spread, were...to any of that time : but his glory was, that after fifty years of his life, speilt with less severity or exactness than it ought to have been, he died... | |
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He was a person of a. pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems, especially in the amorous way, which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior, to any... 
