 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 - Page 40by John Dryden - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 378 pages
...amuse us with the thought of what shall be, even when we shall be no more. — Montaigne. CI.XXVII. The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit ; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school distinction,) is no other than the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...account of my poem ; I must erave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with nohle thoughts, so much more to express those thoughts with...elocution. The composition of all poems is, or ought to ho, of wit ^ and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (ifyou will give me leave to use a school-distinction)... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 326 pages
...from this digression to a farther account of my poem ; 1 must crave leave to tell you, that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, so much...elocution. The composition of all poems is, or ought lo be, of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction)... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...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 more to express those thoughts with elocution. Jhe composition of all poems is, oroughj; tti na, «f wjl^ and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 380 pages
...this digression to a farther 25 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 30 school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer; which, like a nimble... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 pages
...this digression to a farther 25 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 30 school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer ; which, like a nimble... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...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 more to express those thoughts with elocution. Tliecomi . position of all poems is or ought to be of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 pages
...digression to a farther 25 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 30 school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer; which, like a nimble... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 376 pages
...this digression to a farther 25 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 30 school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer ; which, like a nimble... | |
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...this digression to a farther 25 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 30 school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer; which, like a nimble... | |
| |
