 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...  Poetical Works - Стр. 40авторы: John Dryden - 1808Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Dryden - 1760 - Страниц: 448
...adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in the poet, of wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftinction) is no other than the faculty... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - Страниц: 318
...adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofnion of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in...poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftin&ion) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - Страниц: 260
...with noble thoughts, fo much more to C* ; exprefs thofe thoughts with eloeution. The eompofitionof all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a febool diftinetion) is no other than the faeulty of... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - Страниц: 644
...from this digression to a farther account of my Poem. I must crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, so much...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Страниц: 350
...adorn it with noble thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. 'the competition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ;. and Wit...poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-cliftinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Страниц: 364
...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 - 1779 - Страниц: 336
...exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; a«d wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftinftion) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - Страниц: 842
...thoughts, fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution. Mi-, compofitinn of all poems is, er ought to be, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a (chool-diftinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - Страниц: 806
...much more to exprcfs thofe thoughts with elocution. The competition of all poems is, «r mghc to he, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a Ichool-i'.iilinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination iu the writer, which, like... | |
 | 1797 - Страниц: 522
...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... | |
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