| Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 374 páginas
...popularity was purchased. " 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...the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line." But the sacrifice did not pain him ; his indolent nature was easily contented ; he did not struggle,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 684 páginas
...theme; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,' But that a ribald King aud f that dyughly kriiirbterraiit acii hl» gigantic...С. It i« регЬлр» onneccaawy tt> remind m j >hy ; The world defrauded of the high design. Profaned the God-given strength, and дштМ the lofty... | |
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 616 páginas
...heavenly theme ; And Dryderi, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport...The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the Gorl-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. Warm'd by such names, well may we then, Though dwindled... | |
| William Fitzgerald (bp. of Killaloe.) - 1885 - 356 páginas
...interest, nobly planned and nobly executed, as an imperishable monument of his genius. But that a ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport, Demanded for their niggard pay The service of some looser lay, Licentious satire, song and play, The world defrauded of each high... | |
| Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 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...high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marred the lofty line. Warmed by such names, well may we then, Though dwindled sons of little men,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 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, Kit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire] song, and play; The world defrauded of the high... | |
| Walter Scott - 1889 - 336 páginas
...toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, 280 Licentious satire, song, and play; The world defrauded...well may we then, Though dwindled sons of little men, 385 Essay to break a feeble lance In the fair fields of old romance ; Or seek the moated castle's cell,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1891 - 300 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;...the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. XVII. Warm'd by such names, well may we then, Though dwindled sons of little men, Essay to break a... | |
| Walter Scott - 1891 - 328 páginas
...heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, 275 Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald6 king and court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard 6 pay, Fit for their souls, a looser 7 lay, 280 Licentious satire, song, and play ; i Dame Ganore :... | |
| John Dryden - 1893 - 194 páginas
...world of Charles II. And so it was left for Scott to lament — " Dryden in immortal strain Had rais'd the Table Round again, But that a ribbald King and...Profaned the God-given strength and marr'd the lofty rhyme. " * * Introduction to Marmion. Macaulay, though fully aware of the limitations of Dryden's powers... | |
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