...Mature in dulnessfrom his tender years: Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirm'd oast we sail, Thy eyes are seen in diamonds bright,...Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale. Thy skin is ivory Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...

...when&oe'er it deviates from these rules, The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools. SHUingfleet, The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Drydcn. Some lower muse, perhaps, who lightly treads The deviuua paths where Wdiiton fancy leads. Roiee....

...through the immortal satire of Macjlecnoe, in which Dryden had pilloried him as the prince of dullness. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwcll alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may foil, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...

...Dullness to apostrophize his rival in " Mack Flecknor." " Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stand confirmed in full stupidity ; The rest to some faint...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. The midwife clapped her hand upon his sknll With this prophetic blessing—' Be thou dull,' " *c. &e. A...

...invective : the name of usurper, however, belongs not to me ; but, if my consequence with the Others to some faint meaning make pretence, — But Shadwell never deviates into sense. — DKYDEN. people excites your envy, you should consider that it has not been forced : if I am placed...

...invective : the name of usurper, however, belongs not to me ; but, if my consequence with the * Others to some faint meaning make pretence, — But Shadwell never deviates into sense. — DRYDEN, people excites your envy, you should consider that it has not heen forced : if I am placed...

...for a successor. " Shadwell alo-30 my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years, Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirmed...pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense." 8. Ludicrous insinuation has always a nch»? effect than the laughable direct. Byron's " Епгlish...

...most resembles me. Shadwell, alone, my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell, alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...