 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 σελίδες
...he calls Let Pettts Effrits: Such things as are our UppW'Gallery Audience in a PlayHoufe: who like nothing but the Husk and Rind of Wit ; prefer a Quibble, a Conceit, an Epigram, before folid Senfe, and elegant Expreffion: Thefe are Mobb-Readers : If?7jrgil and Martial flood for Parliament-Men,... | |
 | 1744 - 348 σελίδες
...EJpriti, fach things as are our Upper-Gallery Audience in a Play-houfe ; who like nothing but the Hu '« and Rind of Wit, prefer a Quibble, a Conceit, an Epigram, before folid Senfe and elegant Expreffion : Thefe are Mob Readers. If Virgil and Martial flood for Parliament-Men,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 σελίδες
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhoufe : who like nothing but the hufk. and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before foli<l fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thefe are mob-readers : if Virgil and Martial ftood for parliament-men,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 σελίδες
...epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thefe are mob-readers : if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But though they VOL. V. U ' make make the greateft appearance in the field, and cry the joudeft, the beft on it is,... | |
 | 1786 - 694 σελίδες
...epigram, before folid fenlè and elegant cxpreffion: thefe are mob-readers. If Virgil and Martial ftood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But though they make the greateft appearance m the field, and cry, the loudelt, the bed on't ¡s, they are but a fort of French... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 σελίδες
...Efprits: fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhoufe : who like nothing but the hufk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thefe are mob-readers : if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 σελίδες
...epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreflion : thefe are mob-readers: if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But though they make the grcateft appearance in the field, and cry the loudeft, the beft on it is, they are but a fort of French... | |
 | 1792 - 918 σελίδες
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-houfe : who like nothing but the hulk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion: thcfe are mob-readers: if Virgil and Martial ftood for parliament-men,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 σελίδες
...Efprits : fuch things .is arc our upper-gallery audience in a play-houfe : who like nothing but the hulk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant exprefiion: thefe are mob-readers: if Virgil and Martial ftood for parliiment-mcn,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 σελίδες
...calls les pet its esprit s : such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse ; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble,...before solid sense, and elegant expression. These are. mob-readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But... | |
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... [He might have said the same of writers too, if he had pleased.] In the lowest form he places those whom he calls les petits esprits, such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse ; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, prefer... 
