...Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail...

...Mature in dulness from his earliest years : Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. — Dryden. 199. Emphasis is sometimes obtained by putting fonvard a subject and not completing the...

...never have been known to posterity. Shadwell was the man really aimed at ; Mac Flecnoe exclaims:— " Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence But Shadwell never deviates into sense."* * There is little humour in Shadwell's works; he succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate, which was perhaps...

...never have been known to posterity. Shadwell was the man really aimed at ; Mac Flecnoe exclaims : — " Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence But Shadwell never deviates into sense."* * There is little humour in Shadwell's works ; he succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate, which was perhaps...

...never have been known to posterity. Shadwell was the man really aimed at ; Mac Flecnoe exclaims : — " Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence But Shadwell never deviates into sense."* * There is little humour in Shadwell's works ; he succeeded Dryden as Poet Laureate, which was perhaps...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years, Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." $ The monument, erected by the poet's son, Sir John Shadwell, bears his pert-looking bust crowned with...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years, Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." § The monument, erected by the poet's son, Sir John Shadwell, bears his pert-looking bust crowned...

...they fell. DRYDEN. Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. DRYDEN. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. DRYDEN. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval; But Shadwell's...

...most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years, Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.' ******** So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintain...

...dispute Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute," chose in his last days Shadwell for successor : " Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." The coronation of Shadwell was in the Nursery at Barbican, a theatre established in 1662 for the training...