 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pages
...which he gives of the lawyers and poets with whom he lived when he was a young man, says that Carew " was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and...and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy wasexpressed, were, at least, equal, if not superior to any of that time." The conclusion of Lord Clarendon's... | |
 | JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN - 1843 - 832 pages
...with Valentinian, a Tragedy; 12mo, portrait, neat, 15*. 1714 " Rochester was a perwn of a pleasant aud facetious wit, and made many poems (especially in the amorous way) which, for the sharpness of the faucy and the elegancy of the language, were at least equal, if not superior, to any of that time."... | |
 | Thomas Carew, Inigo Jones - English poetry - 1845 - 234 pages
...Ben Jonson, and the great Lord Clarendon, who survived him, and thus records his opinion of the poet: "He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit,...way,) which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal if not superior, to any... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1848 - 532 pages
...is said to have taken place in 1639, which agrees with the information we have in Clarendon's Life. He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and...way) which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior to any... | |
 | New general biographical dictionary - 1848 - 532 pages
...have taken place in 1639, which agrees ะก A II CAR with the information we have in Clarendon's Life. He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poema (especially in the amorous way) which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...which agrees with the information we have in Clarendon's life. " He was a person of a pleasant and a facetious wit, and made many poems (especially in...way), which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior, to any... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 pages
...many poems (especially in the amorous way), which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were...least equal if not superior, to any of that time." " Carew's sonnets," says Oldys, " were more in request than any poet's of his time ; that is between... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...lover that should buy.'' "He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit," says my Lord Clarendon, "and made many poems (especially in the amorous way), which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal if not superior, to any... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...lover that shouM buy.1' "He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit," says my Lord Clarendon, "and made many poems (especially in the amorous way), which for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal if not superior, to any... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1868 - 702 pages
...music during his life ; others no doubt had circulated in MS. " He was a person," says Clarendon, " of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems...way), which for the sharpness of the fancy and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior to any... | |
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He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems (especially in the amorous way) which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior to any of... 
