 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 pàgines
...imitated by him who has it not from nature. 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pàgines
...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 ! 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, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 pàgines
...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 ! 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 - 1811 - 626 pàgines
...not to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But...without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the grofsnefs of the names, and to do the thing yet more feverely, is to draw a full face, and to make... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pàgines
...not to be taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him who has it not from nature. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But...without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the grofsnefs of the names, and to do the thing yet more feverely, is to draw a full face, and to make... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 440 pàgines
...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 ! 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... | |
 | 1826 - 450 pàgines
...lively agitation to the fpirits. Dryden. § l o6. Delicate Satin not eaßly bit of. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, ora knave, without -ifing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To /pare the groiînefs of the names, and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pàgines
...honours, and there is a cross and by-way, which is much the shortest. — Bruyere. ccxxxvm. How easy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but...make a man appear a fool^ a blockhead, or a knave ! To spare the grossness of the names, and to do the thing yet more severely, is to draw a full face,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pàgines
...honours, and there is a cross and by-way, which is much the shortest. — Bruyere. ccxxxvm. How easy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how...make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave ! To spare the grossness of the names, and to do the thing yet more severely, is to draw a full face,... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1839 - 414 pàgines
...to attain that happy desideratum, which Dryden has so well depicted. " How easy is it," he observes, "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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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! 
