 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more obnoxious. It fucceeded as I wi(hed ; the jell went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you fee I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordfhip, in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more obnoxious. It fucceeded as I wiftied ; the jeft went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you fee I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordfhip, in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more obnoxious. It fucceeded as I wifhed ; the jeft went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you fee 1 have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordfhip, in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more •.obnoxious. It fucceeded as I wifhed; the jeft went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you fee .I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your Lordfhip, in... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 σελίδες
...in wished ; the jest went round, and he was laughed at in his turn, who began the frolick. And thusj my lord, you see I have preferred the manner of Horace,...and I think reasonably. Holyday ought not to have London, may throw some light on this celebrated duel, which took place on January nth, 1667-8. The... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 σελίδες
...following extract, which I transcribe from a MS, letter written a few years afterwards by a gentleman in wished ; the jest went round, and he was laughed at in his turn, who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you see I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordship, in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 σελίδες
...following extract, which I transcribe from a MS, letter written a few years afterwards by a gentleman in wished ; the jest went round, and he was laughed at in his turn, who began the frolick. And thus, my lord, you see I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordship, in... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 σελίδες
...perplexed and obscure, that it would have required much more action to detail them more obnoxious. It succeeded as I wished ; the jest went, round, and he was laughed at iu his turn who began the frolic." intelligibly. Even the language has an abridged appearance, and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more obnoxious. It fucceeded as I wifhed ; the jeft went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolic. And thus, my lord, you fee I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordfhip, in this kind offatire, to that of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 σελίδες
...which, the wittier a man is, he is generally the more obnoxious-. It fucceeded as I wiflied ; the jeft went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolic. And thus, my lord, you fee I have preferred the manner of Horace, and of your lordfhip, in this kind of fatire, to that of... | |
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... railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own work more happily, perhaps more dexterously. I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing of blindsides, and little extravagancies ; to which, the... 
