 Tis not that I am mortified to all ambition, but I scorn as much to take it from half-witted judges, as I should to raise an estate by cheating of bubbles. Neither do I discommend the lofty style in Tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent...  The Laws of Poetry - Page 351by Charles Gildon - 1721 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Gildon, Sir Charles Sedley, George Stepney, John Dryden - English poetry - 1701 - 362 pages
...Judges, as I fhould to raife an Eftate, by cheating of Bubbles. Neither doe I difcommcnd the lofty ffile in Tragedy, which is naturally pompous and Magnificent:...But nothing is truly fublime that is not Juft and proper. Ep. Dedic. to the Spanijl)Fryar. This may ferve for a ftanding Apology for . Mr* Dryden againft... | |
 | John Dryden - 1717 - 418 pages
...Judge«, as 1 ihou'd to raife an Eibte by cheating of Bubbles. Neither do I difcummend the lofty Style in Tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent: but nothing is truly iubiime that is n<u ju(t and proper. If the Ancients had judg'tf by the fame Л/bafures uhich a common... | |
 | George Granville Baron Lansdowne - 1732 - 190 pages
...th.it I am ' mortified to all Ambition, butl feornasmuchtotakeit ' from half'wifed fudges, as I fViou'd to raife an Eftate ' by cheating of. Bubbles: Neither do I difcommend the ' lofty Stylein Tragedy, which ispompous and magnifi. ' cent ; but nothing is truly fublime, that isnotjuft... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 466 pages
...mortified ta " all ambition ; but I fcorn as much to take it from half" witted judges, as I fhould .to raife an eftate by cheating of *' bubbles. Neither do I difcommend the lofty ftile in Ira" gedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent : but " nothing is truly fublime, that is not... | |
 | English drama - 1777 - 416 pages
...all ambition, but I fcorn as much to take it from half-witted judges, as I fhould to raife an efUte by cheating of bubbles. Neither do I difcommend the...magnificent:, but nothing is truly fublime that is notjuil and proper. If the ancients had judged by the fame meafures which a common reader takes, they... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1780 - 414 pages
...am mortified to all ambition, but 1 fcorn as much to take it from half-witted judges, as I fliould to raife an eftate by cheating of bubbles. Neither...tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent t but nothing is truly fublime that is not jult and proper. If the ancients had judged by the fame... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 278 pages
...eftate by cheating " of bubbles : neither do I clifcommend tht lofty ftyle in tra-. el ^°dy, which is pompous and magnificent; but nothing is " truly fublime that is not juft and proper." This may Hand as an unanfwerable apology for Mr. Dryclen i^3\a& his critics ; and likewife... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 270 pages
...judges, as I should to raise an estate by cheating of bubbles. Nei' ther do I discommend the lofty stile in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent : but nothing is truly sublime that is not just and proper. If the ancients had judged by the same measures which a common... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 576 pages
...judges, as 1 ihould to raife an eftate by cheating of bubbles. Neither do 1 difcommend the lofty ftyle in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent : but nothing is truly fublime, that is not juit and proper." He tells us, in his preface to Frefnoy, that his " Spanifh Friar was given to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 516 pages
...am mortified to all ambi" tion, but I fcorn as much to take it from half-witted " judges, as 1 mould to raife an eftate by cheating of " bubbles : Neither do I difcommend the lofty ftyle " in Tragedy, which is pompous and magnificent ; " but nothing is truly fublime, that is not... | |
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