And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology... Wit and Humor - Page 191edited by - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 498 pages
...Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Hey wood and Shirley * were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology ! Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarsely... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pages
...fabric fills the eye, And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: 18. . . H Thoughtless as monarch-oaks that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state,...types of thee, Thou last great prophet of Tautology. Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way; And, coarsely clad... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...Thoughtless as monarch-oaks that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Hey wood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of Tautology. Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarsely clad... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1064 pages
...Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And spread in solemn state supinely reign. Hey wood So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your, least praise is to be r I Ev'n I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarsely... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...Thoughtless as monareh oaks, that shade the plain. And spread in soleum state supinely reign. Hey wood C W ! Ev'n I, a dunee of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way ; And, eoarsely... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 576 pages
...; the critical decisions of Dryden, however unjust, had no slight influence on the public mind :4 " Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology." ******* " Now Empress Fame had publish'd the renown Of Shad well's coronation through the town: Rous'd... | |
 | James Shirley, Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 584 pages
...critical decisions of Dryden, however unjust, had no slight influence on the public mind :4 " Hey wood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology." ******* " Now Empress Fame had publish'd the renown Of ShadwelFs coronation through the town: Rous'd... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 572 pages
...critical decisions of Dryden, however unjust, had no slight influence on the public mind :4 " Hey wood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology." ******* " Now Empress Fame had publish'd the renown Of Shad well's coronation through the town: Rous'd... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye,...types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology. Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way ; t This Is one of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray ; His rising fogs prevail...mistook will for genius ; and because he enjoyed the humour of Ben Jonson, and was not indeed altogether destitute of humour himself, poured forth a profusion... | |
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