 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 pàgines
...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...hard to make a man appear ''*/ a fool, a blockhead, on a knave, without using any V / of those opprobrious terms I To spare the grossness of the names,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 pàgines
...the French usage. Thus Boileau, in his second preface, ed. 1674 (VicJuvenal and Persius. "How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily...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... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pàgines
...gives his own receipt for the first: 'How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily 1 R\ 2 , 9 P " : RN( W xg r H b ߴ ` { ߈- r ǖ f using any of those opprobrious terms! . . . This is the mystery of that noble trade. . . . Neither... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pàgines
...his jut, etc. What is the figure? (See Def. 18.) Dryden, in his Essay on Satire, says : " How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily...man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave without using any of these opprobrious names ! There is a vast difference between the slovenly butchering of... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 408 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1887 - 420 pàgines
...nature of the commodity would have set theft at defiance. VOL. XIII, G 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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 416 pàgines
...thought in prose. 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 hard to make a ma1l appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms ! . . . .... | |
 | William Swinton - 1888 - 686 pàgines
...figure? (See Def. 18.) Dryden, in his Essay on Satire, says : " How easy it is to call rogue and viilain, and that wittily ! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave without using any of these opprobrious names ! There is a vast difference between the slovenly butchering of... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 384 pàgines
...there is 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...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 - 410 pàgines
...there is 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...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... | |
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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! 
