 The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in the poet, or Wit writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 48by John Dryden - 1832Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 448 pages
...or a degenerate prince. But to return from this digreffion to a farther account of my poem ; I muft crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 318 pages
...or a degenerate prince. But to return from this digreffion to a farther account of my poem ; I mufl crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofnion of all poems is, or ought to... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1773 - 260 pages
...degenerate prince. But to return from this digrefiion to a farther account of my poem. I muft erave leave to tell you, that, as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to C* ; exprefs thofe thoughts with eloeution. The eompofitionof all poems is, or ought... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...adorn it with noble thoughts, fa much more to exprcfs thofe thoughts with elocution. The competition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give roe leave to ufe a ichool-diftinftion) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 664 pages
...dtg»n?aa»e prince. BM to rstara from tair dijreflien to a fi.-tr.er KCO-JR: r,i E 3 m/ my poem; I muft crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...hexameier has more feet than the Engliih heroic. DryJtm. $97. The Nature of Wit in Writing. The competition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in poetry, or wit writing (if you will give me leave to ufo a fchool-diftinftion) is no other than the... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 580 pages
...praised under a bad or a degenerate prince. But to return from this digression to a farther account of my poem ; I must crave leave to' tell you, that as I...is or ought to be of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit 'writing, (if you will give me leave to nse a school distinction,) is no other than the faculty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 658 pages
...degenerate prince. But But to return from this digreflion to a farther account of ray poem ; I muft fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The competition of all poems is, or ought to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...degenerate prince. Bui. But to return from this digreflion to a farther account of ray poem ; I muß crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughtst fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The competition of all poems is, or... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...praised under a bad or a degenerate prince. But to return from this digression to a farther account of my poem ; I must crave leave to tell you, that as I have...of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; * and wit iii the poet, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction) is no other than... | |
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