 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 - الصفحة 40بواسطة John Dryden - 1808عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...to express those thoughts with eloeution. The eomposition of all poems is, or ought to be, of witi and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a sehool-distinetion) is no other than the faeulty of imagination in the writer, whieh, like s nimble... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...is much better than what I have perform" ed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn " my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to " express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroic stanzas of four lines; a measure which he had learned from the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...is much better than what I have perform" ed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn " my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to *' express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroic stanzas of four lines; a measure which he had learned from the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...them is much better than what I 'have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." •. It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of foux.line.Si a measure which he had learned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 652
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...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...is or ought to be of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit writing, if you will give me leave te use a school distinction, is no other than the faculty of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 674
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution." It is written in quatrains, or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from... | |
 | 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 450
...has more feet than the Engltih heroic. Dryden. § IOO. The Nature of Wit in Writing. The compofition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftinction) is no other than the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 430
...them is much better than what I have performed on any other. As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with elocution.' It is written in quatrains, or heroic stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the... | |
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