 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pàgines
...apply, and call their masters fools. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey, Nor time nor muths e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain, without...invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may he made. These leave the sense, their learning to display, And thuse explain the meaning quite away.... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 734 pàgines
...of shily, drily, itriness. Warburton, in his edition of Pope, every where adheres to this analogy. Some drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made. Essay on С rit, Though in the first edition of this essay published by Pope himself, we find this... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pàgines
...you will feel indebted to me for undeceiving you, and you will remove from the ranks of those who " Drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made." Lord Byron, Mr. Campbell, and the writer who reviewed your principles in the Quarterly Review, feel... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pàgines
...on the leaves of ancient authors prey ; Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they: Some dryly plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts...display, And those explain the meaning quite away. You then whose j udgment the right course woul d Know well each ancient's proper character; [steer,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pàgines
...doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey ; Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they: Some dryly plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made; These leave the sense,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pàgines
...Tub, p. 200. Ver. 107. Sure to hate} A feeble line of monosyllables, con. sisting of ten low words. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey, Nor time nor moths e'er spoil so much as they. Some drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pàgines
...Tub, p. 200. Ver. 107. Sure to hate] A feeble line of monosyllables, c»nsisting of ten low words. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey, Nor time nor moths e'er spoil so much as they. Some drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 pàgines
...you will feel indebted to me for undeceiving you, and you will remove from the ranks of those who " Drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made." Lord Byron, Mr. Campbell, and the writer who reviewed your principles in the Quarterly Review, feel... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pàgines
...doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools. G*/ [steer, You then whose judgment the right course would Know well each ancient's proper character: His... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pàgines
...call their masters fools. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey, Nor time nor moths e'er spoil so much as they. Some drily plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made. 115 These leave the sense, their learning to display, And those explain the meaning quite away. NOTES.... | |
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These leave the sense, their learning to display, And those explain the meaning quite away. You then whose judgment the right course would steer, Know well each Ancient's proper character: His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, country, genius... 
