 His onset was violent: those passages which while they stood single had passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror; the wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 459de John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to D'Urfev. His onset was violent ; those passages, which, while they stood single, had passed with little notice, when...suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taucht at the public charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 pages
...Durfey. His onset was violent : those passages, which, while they stood single had passed with lit lie notice*. •when they were accumulated and exposed...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." Notwithstanding the justice of this description, there is a strange mixture of sense and nonsense in... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to Durfey. His outset was violent : those passages which while they stood single had passed with little notice, when they...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience, or his prudence, angry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to D'Urfcv. His onset was violent ; those passages, which, while they greedily Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience, or his prudence, angry... | |
 | John Styles - 1838 - 224 pages
...Collier's attack on the Stage, Johnson remarks, " His onset was violent ; those passages which, while they stood single, had passed with little notice, when...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." Lord Kaimes, referring to the age of Collier, has ventured the following observations, and they are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...D'Urfey. His onset was violent ; those passages, which, while they stood single, had passed with litUe notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together,...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Drydcn's conscience, or his prudence, angry... | |
 | George Hogarth - 1838 - 494 pages
...concentrated and brought all at once before their eyes. "The wise and the pious," says Dr. Johnson, "caught the alarm; and the nation wondered why it...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." Dryden, to his honour, admitted the justice of the accusation against himpractice of entertaining the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to D'Urfey. His onset was violent ; those passages, which, while they Richard very frankly confessed, that they were fellows...rid : and being then asked whv he did not discharge Nothin» now remained for tfle poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience, or his prudence, angry... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1840 - 656 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to Durfey. His onset was violent. Those passages which, while they stood single, had passed with little notice, when...licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge. " Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience or his prudence, angry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...the living writers, from Dryden to D'Urfey. His onset was violent; those passages, which while they stood single had passed with little notice, when they...irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at tbe public charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience, or... | |
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