...select the poor man who gives a title to this poem as the type of dulness — the aged prince who — In prose and verse was owned without dispute Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute — for Flecknoe, who had been previously satirised by Andrew Marvell, was no fool. No doubt he was...

...select the poor man who gives a title to this poem as the type of dulness — the aged prince who — In prose and verse was owned without dispute Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute — for Flecknoe, who had been previously satirised by Andrew Marvell, was no fool. No doubt he was...

...that matter, were their neighbours in Mar; only Celtic piety was seldom so munificent as Norman. " All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey " — Dryden has told us in a well-worn couplet ; and the race of earls is no more immortal than the...

...satirical faculty is hardly possible without them : — " All human things are subject to decay, Aud, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe...dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. * A tragedy published in 1673 by Elkanah Settle. Settle brought out as a reply to Absalom and Achitophel...

...written many works, most various in topic, and made his name a by-word for the wit« : — MAC FLECKNOE. All human things are subject to decay, And when Fate...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, Through all...

...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. V vjs HAD WELL. [From Mac Fleclmoe; October, 1682.] All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe 1 found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire and had governed long, In prose and verse was...

...a mollifying influence on this kind of writing. The beginning, familiar as it is, will show this ; "All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must oblige ; This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long...

...careless ness in transcription or proof-reading, о oth. A familiar couplet from Dryden i asformed into All human things are subject to decay. And, when fate summons, monarchs must oblige (p. 63); hile, turning the pages, we find "not" for to " (p. 52, 1. 34), and eighteen lines...

...the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft, quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. — PRIOR. (16) All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons monarchs must obey.— DRYDEN. (17) The man who hath not music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,...

...twitch'd his mantle blew ; To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new. DRYDEN. MAC FLECKNOE. ALL humane things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. Tliis Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire and had govern'd long, In prose...