...Shadwell succeed to the throne of Flecknoe, the most abject of hards, he makes Dulness say : — " Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." Pope was a follower of Dryden's, and formed himself upon him : it was Dryden who gave to that I / English...

...he had already been crowned as " King of Dullness," in MacFlecknoe, and palsied by such lines as : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. We all lend a crowbar now to pluck this excellent comic writer out of his unenviable throne, but he...

...an antipathy to Shadwell; of which he has given proof in his Mac-Flecknoe, where he says, " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." But all we learn hence is, that a satirist does not pay regard to truth when it interferes with the...

...Shadwell succeed to the throne of Flecknoe, the most abject of bards, he makes Dulness Bay : — " Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.'1 Pope was a follower of Dryden's, and formed himself upon him : it was Dryden who gave to that...

...Nature pleads, that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell, alone, my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell,...some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates1 into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval...

...nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who 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 stand* confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never...

...nature pleads, that he Should only rule who most resemhles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image hears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirnTd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates...

...Nature pleads, that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell, alone, my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell, alone, of all my sons, is fie, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell...

...(Should only rule that most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, it Mature In dulnesTfrom Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 20 Some b"eams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...

...nature pleads, that he Should only rule who 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 confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence. But Shadwell never deviates...