 The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in the poet, or Wit writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Сторінка 48автори: John Dryden - 1832Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 стор.
...the laws. ACCOUNT OF ANNUS MIRABILIS. But to return from this digression to a farther account of my poem ; I must crave leave to tell you, that as I have...is or ought to be of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit writing, if you will give me leave te use a school distinction, is no other than the faculty of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 стор.
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 стор.
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from... | |
 | 1826 - 450 стор.
...has more feet than the Engltih heroic. Dryden. § IOO. The Nature of Wit in Writing. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftinction) is no other than the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 стор.
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution.' It is written in quatrains, or heroic stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 стор.
...amuse it with the thought of what shall be, even when we shal. be no more. — Montaigne. CLXXVII. The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school distinction, ) is no other than... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 стор.
...to amuse us with the thought of what shall be, even when we shall be no more. — Montaigne. CLXXVIL The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school distinction,) is no other than the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 стор.
...praised under a bad or a degenerate prince. But toreturn from this digression to a farther account of my poem ; I must crave leave to tell you, that as I have...elocution. The composition of all poems is, or ought to bo, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to uie a school-distinction)... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 стор.
...account of my poem ; I must crave leave to tell you, that as l have endeavoured to adorn it with nohle thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with...elocution. The composition of all poems is, or ought tohe, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction)... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 стор.
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem schief, It is written in quatrains, or heroic stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the... | |
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