 | 1883 - 528 pagine
...full stupidity. 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 ShadwelFs genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pagine
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 20 Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; TO AD 1689 ] [А.П. IM But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 442 pagine
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day." Richard Mecknoe, from whom the satire takes its title, was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, with an... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pagine
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty ; Thoughtless... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 pagine
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence. But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall. Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty ; Thoughtless... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pagine
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. . . ' Here Dryden describes the preparations made by a king (of letters) to abdicate his throne in... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pagine
...pretense, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike thro', and make a lucid interval; But Shadwell's genuine...admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. . . ." The humorous shock of such lines as "Who stand confirmed in full stupidity," "But Shadwell never... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pagine
...full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence. But Sh never deviates into sense. 20 Some beams of wit on other souls may fall. Strike through, and make a lucid interval; But Sh 's genuine night admits no ray; His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 362 pagine
...in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretense, But Sh never deviates into sense. Some Beams of Wit on other souls may fall Strike through and make a lucid intervall; But Sh 's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the Day: Besides, his... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 pagine
...stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. 20 Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval, But ShadwelTs genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric... | |
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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 genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. 
