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" His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder he makes to bring it into the... "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 191
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 550 pages
...them. In short, he is an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation : his being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering...incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill sounding. That little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought, but with...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...being is in a twilight of sense, " and some glimmerings of thought, w hich he can never fashion intp wit or " English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly " lewd, and his numbers perputually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent " which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...character: " He's an ani" mal of a most deplored understanding, without " reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight " of sense, and some glimmering of thought which " he can never fashion into wit oY English. His style ." is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incor" rigibly lewd, and...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...this character : "He's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ...

John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 758 pages
...ersation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...'and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought; but, with the pudder...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ...

John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 748 pages
...tion. His being Is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn,...rhyme incorrigibly lewd, 'and his numbers perpetually harr-h and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought;...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprizing ..., Volume 1

John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 748 pages
...this character : ' He 's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing ..., Volume 1

John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - Authors, English - 1812 - 764 pages
...this character : ' He 's an animal of a most deplored understanding, without reading and conversation. His being is in a twilight of sense, and some glimmering of thought which he can never iiishion into wit or English. His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
..." mal of a most deplored understanding, without " reading and conversation. Hisbeingisinatwilight " of sense, and some glimmering of thought, which " he can never fashion into wit or English. His style " is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorri" gibly lewd, and his...
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