 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 páginas
...heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, Pit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play; The world defrauded of the high... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 424 páginas
...niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Lieentious satire, song, and play ; The world defranded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. Warm'd by sueh names, well may we then, Though dwindled sous of little men, Essay to break a feeble lanee In... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 páginas
...indignant lines : " Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the table-round again, But that a ribald king and court, Bade him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded for their niggafd pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satires, song and play ; The world defrauded... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 páginas
...them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satires, song and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God given strength, and marred the lofty line."f When we look at Dryden's vigorous command of language,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 páginas
...heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,3 But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for then- niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play; The world... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 páginas
...NOTE C. ' And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had rained the Table Bound again, /In/ that a ribald Xing and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded...a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play.' — P. 10. Dryden's melancholy account of his projected Epic Poem, blasted by the selfish and sordid... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 páginas
...from the guardian angels of kingdoms, mentioned in the Book of Daniel, he adds, — But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport...their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, lordship, and by you the world, a rude draft of what I have been long labouring in my imagination,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 páginas
...adds,— . " Thus, my Lord, I have, as briefly as I could, given your VOL. II. 3 But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport...their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, lordship, and by you the world, a rude draft of what I have been long labouring in my imagination,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 500 páginas
...raised the Table Kound again, But that a ribald King and Court, Bade him play on to make them sport, The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line." VOL. IX. P But why, we ask, did Dryden suffer a ribald king and court to debase and degrade him, and... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 páginas
...indignant lines : " Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the table-round again, But that a ribald king and court, Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, 1'it for their souls, a looser Jay, Licentious satires, song and play ; H The world defrauded of the... | |
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And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded... 
