 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - Liczba stron: 498
...compensation for the ludicrous and mock dignity with which his foe had invested him. MAC-FLECNOE. f ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecnoe found,* who. like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Liczba stron: 316
...was Israel's peace restored, Crowds mourn'd their error, and obey'd their lord. MAC-FLECNOE. 1682. ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecnoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Liczba stron: 1062
...Ten thousand angels on her slumbers wait, With glorious visions of her future state. MAC-FLECKNOE. pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean...less, Withdraws into its happyness ; The mind, that call'd to empire, and had govern'd long : In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, Through all... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - Liczba stron: 406
...foes, may this their blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. DRYDEN. MAC-FLECNOE. 1682. ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecnoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long; In prose and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - Liczba stron: 842
...Dryden. I see thee, in that fatal hour, Subjected to the victor's cruel power. Led hence a slave. Id. All human things are subject to decay. And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. Id, Were subjects so but only by their choice. And not from birth did forced dominion take, Our prince... | |
 | John Dove - 1832 - Liczba stron: 134
...with great humour and satire, that wretched Poet, Richard Flecnoe, who, as Dryden expresses it,— " In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute." B2 This Poem suggested one of the best and severest satires in the English language,—we mean Dryden's... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1835 - Liczba stron: 78
...with great humour and satire, that wretched Poet, Richard Flecnoe, who, as Dryden expresses it, — " In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute." This Poem suggested one of the best and severest Satires in the English language, — we mean Dryden's "... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1835 - Liczba stron: 82
...with great humour and satire, that wretched Poet, Richard Flecnoe, who, as Dryden expresses it,— " In prose and verse was owned without dispute, Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute." This Poem suggested one of the best and severest Satires in the English language,—we mean Dryden s " Me... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - Liczba stron: 482
...nor fears your steady hand beguile; Yourself our balance hold, the world's, our isle. MAC FLECKNOE.f ALL human things are subject to decay, And when fate...summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe found, who.like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long; In prose and verse, was ownM,... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 740
...stands represented as the son of a proverbial bard, whose name gives the satire a title, and who so long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute,...Through all the realms of nonsense — absolute! This production will always be deemed unsurpassable for the keenness of its wit, the felicity of its conception,... | |
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Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length... 
