I admire some men should perpetually stumble in a way so easy, and inverting the order of their words, constantly close their lines with verbs, which though commended sometimes in writing Latin, yet we were whipt at Westminster if we used it twice together.... The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic works - Seite 136von John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 Seiten
...sometimes in writing Latin, yet we were whipped at Westminster if we used it twice together. I know some, who, if they were to write in blank verse, Sir,...English, whom the necessity of a. rhyme should force upon this rock, though sometimes it cannot easily be avoided : and indeed this is the only inconvenience... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 624 Seiten
...sometimes in writing Latin, yet we were whipped at Westminster if we used it twice together. I know some, who, if they were to write in blank verse, Sir,...English, whom the necessity of a rhyme should force upon this rock, though sometimes it cannot easily be avoided : and indeed this is the only inconvenience... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 Seiten
...if we used it twice together. I know some, • who, if they were to write in blank verse, Sir, last your pardon, would think it sounded more heroically to write, Sir, I your pardon atk. I should judge him to have little command of English, whom the necessity of a rhyme should force... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 486 Seiten
...which the English tongue so naturally slides, that, in writing prose, it is hardly to be avoidedJ^And therefore, I admire some men should perpetually stumble...judge him to have little command of English, whom boduc is full of stately speeches and well sounding phrases, climbing up to the height of Seneca his... | |
| 1845 - 816 Seiten
...example, instead of " Sir, I ask your pardon," " Sir, I your pardon ask." And adds — " I should jndge him to have little command of English, whom the necessity...should force often upon this rock ; though sometimes it caunot easily be avoided ; and, indeed, this is the only inconvenience with which rhyme can be charged."... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 488 Seiten
...admit little of theirs among us, but the basest of their men, the extravagancies of their fashions, and the frippery of their merchandise. Shakspeare (who,...judge him to have little command of English, whom boduc is full of stately speeches and well sounding phrases, climbing up to the height of Seneca his... | |
| John Wilson - 1846 - 360 Seiten
...heroically—as, for example, instead of " Sir, I ask your pardon," " Sir, I your pardon ask." And adds— " I should judge him to have little command of English,...avoided; and, indeed, this is the only inconvenience ivith which rhyme can be charged." In this lively style does he pursue his argument in favour of rhyme.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 Seiten
...precede. Of this license Dryden says, " We were whipped at Westminster if we used it twice together. I should judge him to have little command of English whom the necessity of a rhyme should force upon this rock, though sometimes it cannot easily be avoided." Pope availed himself of the false construction... | |
| John Dryden - 1898 - 232 Seiten
...are introduced merely to listen to explanations intended for the audience. 45 : 23, "" that rock. " I should judge him to have little command of English, whom the necessity of a rhyme should force upon this rock." Preface to The Rival Ladies. On the place of narration in the drama, see Hennequin,... | |
| John Dryden - 1900 - 420 Seiten
...sometimes in writing Latin, 30 yet we were whipt at Westminster if we used it twice together. I know some, who, if they were to write in blank verse, Sir,...ask. I should judge him to have little command of 35 English, whom the necessity of a rhyme should force often upon this rock ; though sometimes it cannot... | |
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