 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 550 頁
...Apollo thought fit " To bid him drink on, and to keep his old trick " Of railing at poets,—" - - would every man knew his own talent, and that they...he calls the Trimmers'' " the more moderate sort of tones." It seems those politicians are odious to both sides, for neither own them to be theirs. We... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 460 頁
...pleases, so long as he drinks for him, and his writings will never do the government so much harm, as his drinking does it good ; for true subjects will not...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone* ! f Shadwell, as he resembled Ben Jonson in extreme corpulence, and proposed him for the model of dramatic... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 頁
...nay, we may put in three or four, should come, he has friendly advertisement how to escape them. Bui to leave him, who is not worth any further consideration,...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone !" This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 頁
...have always known him heavy : the miracle is, how he got up again. I have heard of a sea captain so fat as he, who, to escape arrests, would lay himself...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone !' When we said, that Dryden was peculiarly fitted for satiric composition, we had forgotten, that... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 頁
...But, to leave him who is not worth any further consideration, now I have done laughing at him,—would every man knew his own talent, and that they, who...drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone!' When we said, that Dryden was peculiarly fitted for satiric composition, we had forgotten, that the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 頁
...how he got up again. I have heard of a sea captain as fat as he, who, to escape arrests, would Jay himself flat upon the ground, and let the bailiffs...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone !» This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 頁
...pleases, so long as he drinks for him, and his writings will never do the government so much harm, as his drinking does it good ; for true subjects will not...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone f' This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 頁
...to leave him, who is not worth any further consideration, now I have done laughing at him,— wwould every man knew his own talent, and that they, who...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone !" This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 頁
...to leave him, who is not worth any further consideration, now I have done laughing at him,—would every man knew his own talent, and that they, who...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone !" This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 頁
...advertisment how to escape them. But to leave him, who is not worth any further consideration, now 1 have done laughing at him, — would every man knew...for drinking, would let both poetry and prose alone ! " This was the last distinct and prolonged animadversion which our author bestowed upon his corpulent... | |
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... the Old Devil, where he broke no ribs, because the hardness of the stairs could reach no bones; and, for my part, I do not wonder how he came to fall, for I have always known him heavy: the miracle is, how he got up again. I have heard of a sea captain... 
