 | 1917 - 1446 pągines
...attacked Buckingham's follies rather than his vices. '"Tis not bloody,' he said of the character, ' but 'tis ridiculous enough. And he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - 1925 - 230 pągines
...character of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough ; and he for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1926 - 342 pągines
...character 25 of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough ; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pągines
...character of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem: it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough: and he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly : but I managed my o\vn... | |
 | H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson - 2005 - 978 pągines
...if the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem: 'tis not bloody, but 'tis ridiculous enough. (Dryden, Of Dramatic Poesy, II, pp. 136-7) By this token he is now not so sure of Horace's primacy:... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1966 - 112 pągines
...self, if the Reader wou'd be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The Character ofZimri in my Absalom is, in my Opinion, worth the whole Poem: 'Tis not...And he for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had rail'd, I might have suffer 'd for it justly: But I manag'd my own... | |
 | 1925 - 538 pągines
...Dryden himself says must not be overlooked : " The character of Zimri," he writes,• " in my Absalom, is in my Opinion, worth the whole Poem : 'Tis not...enough. And he for whom it was intended was too witty to regard it as an injury." If the Duke had been in any way responsible for the Reflections, it is improbable... | |
 | 1895 - 744 pągines
...character of Zimri in my 'Absalom ' is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem. It is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough, and he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly; but I managed my own... | |
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Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem: it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. 
