 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 687 페이지
...wit degenerating into clenches, hiw serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him : no man can say,...wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the reit of poets, Quantam lenta soient inter viburoa cnprensi.' " It is to be lamented, that such a writer... | |
 | John Platts - 1826
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him. No man can say...himself as high above the rest of poets, " Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi." Besides his plays, Shakspeare published in 159t two poems, entitled,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum lenta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...did not then raise himself as high above the rest of the poets, — Quantum Icnta sclent inter viburna capitis. The consideration of this made Mr. Hales,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 494 페이지
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi. " The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say, that there... | |
 | 1828
...often languid and obscure, but as. Dryden more happily expresses it, " he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him; no man can say he ever had a subject tit for hie wit (genius)r and did not then raise himself as high above other poets, quantum... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 480 페이지
...wit degenerating into clinches; his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...raise himself as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cdpressi.' * Of the moral tendency of Shakspeare's dramatic writings it... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830
...wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some Ilion blnze, And lighten glimmering Xauthus with...; The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam iiimsclf as high above the rest of poets, Quantum lenta soient inter viburna cnpressi.(l) The consideration... | |
 | 1830
...wit degenerating into clenches, his .serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say...he ever had a fit subject for his wit, and did not raise himself above the best of poets." COINCIDENCES. The 3rd of September was a day particularly ominuus... | |
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I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when... 
