 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - 1753 - 418 páginas
...fubjedl as his Elfrid or the Fair Inconftant , which he there calls, ' An unprun'd wildernefs of fancy, with here ' and there a flower among the leaves ; but without ' any fruit of judgment.' — He likewife mentions it as a folly, having began and nnifhed Elfrid in a week i and both the difference... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1759 - 608 páginas
...on the fame fubject with his tragedy of Elfrid, which he called, * an unpruned wildernefs of fancy, with « here and there a flower among the leaves; but without * any fruit of judgment.' He was a man fufceptible of love, in its fublimeft fenfe; as may be feen by his letters, and in a poetical... | |
 | 1759 - 606 páginas
...fubjcft with his tragedy of Elfrid, which he called, ' an unpruned wildernefs of fancy, with *'here arid there a flower among the leaves ; but without * any fruit of judgment.' He was a man fufceptible of love, in its fublimeft fenfe ; as may be feen by his letters, and in a... | |
 | Several Hands - 1759 - 602 páginas
...with, bis tragedy of Elfnd, whjch. he called, * an .\jnpirune4 wijde^nefs of fancy, with ' here arid there a flower among the leaves; -. but without * any fruit of judgment.' He was a man fufceptible of love, 4n its fuUimcft fenfe ; as may be feen by his letters, and in a poetical... | |
 | Aaron Hill - 1760 - 466 páginas
...knew nothing of the rules of writing, the play was, confequently, an unprun'd wildernefs of fancy, with here and there a flower, among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment. — I know not how it came to pafs that Athelwold) even in that piece, deferved fome little pity, but,... | |
 | Aaron Hill - 1760 - 460 páginas
...knew nothing of the rules of writing, the play was, confequently, an unprun'd wilderncfs of fancy, with here and there a flower, among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment, — I know not how it came to pafs that Athehvold) even in that piece, deferred fome little pity; pity;... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1764 - 396 páginas
...is no Wonder that it fliouM be, as he himfelf has deferibed it, " An unprun'd " Wildernefs of Fancy, with here " and there a Flower among the " Leaves...without any Fruit " of Judgment." — This, however, ne alter'd, and buught on the Stage again about twenty Years afterwards, under the Title of Aiktlwald.... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 476 páginas
...occasion of his marriage. lu 170y he, at the desire of Mr. Booth, wrote his first tragedy of Elfrid; or, The Fair Inconstant. This play was composed in...flower " among the leaves ; but without " any fruit of jndgment." This, however, he ;:ltereJ, and brought on the stage again about twenty years afterwards,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 páginas
...occasion of his marriage. In 1703, he, at the desire of Mr. Booth, wrote his first tragedy of " Elfrid ; or, The Fair Inconstant." This play was composed in...himself has described it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here mnd there a flower among the leaves ; but without any fruit of judgment." This, however,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 536 páginas
...occasion of his marriage. In 1709, he, at the desire of Mr. Booth, wrote his first tragedy of " Elfrid ; or, The Fair Inconstant." This play was composed in...himself has described it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment." This, however,... | |
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This play was composed in little more than a week, on which account it is no wonder that it should be, as he himself has described it, "an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment. 
