 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 618 pages
...chest, And then for ever with his ashes rest. His stile was wittic, though he had some gal, VOL. I. Something he. might have mended, so may all. Yet this I say, that fur a mother witt, Fewe men have ever scene the like of it. Ing. Rcades the rest. Jud. As for these,... | |
 | William Beloe - 1814 - 472 pages
...sleepe with his inorncful chest, And there for evci with his ashes rest ; His style was witty, though he had some gall ; Something he might have mended, so may all. Yet this I say, that for a mother wit Few men have ever seen the like of it." The author of the Ant and the Nightingale also speaks... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 432 pages
...and blast so as his could, where he " Would inflict vengeance !" 270 " HU stile was witty, tho' he had some gall ; " Something he might have mended,...mother's wit, " Few men have ever seen the like of it." In the " Pierce Pennilesse," are the following lines, descriptive of his despair under poverty and... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1824 - 982 pages
...Hercules' furies." He is well characterised in the " Return from Parnassus ; " His style was witty, tho* he had some gall ; Something he might have mended, so...seen the like of it. Nash abounds with " mother wit j " but he was also educated at the University, with every advantage of classical studies." Calamities... | |
 | Henry Glapthorne - 1824 - 520 pages
...sleep with his mournful chest, And then for ever with his ashes rest ; His style was witty, though he had some gall ; Something he might have mended ; so may all : Yet this I say, that, for a mother wit, Few men have ever seen the like of it." His dramatic productions consist of Summer's last... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nash - 1825 - 96 pages
...sleep with his mournful chest, And then for ever with his ashes rest ; His style was witty, though he had some gall ; Something he might have mended ; so may all : Yet this I say, that, for a mother wit, Few men have ever seen the like of it." His dramatic productions consist of Summer's last... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 pages
...Hercules'* furies." He is well characterised in " The Return from Parnassus." " His style was witty, Iho'he had some gall; Something he might have mended, so...have ever seen the like of it." Nash abounds with "Mother-wit t" but he was also educated at Uie University, with every advantage of classical studies.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 516 pages
...furies." По is well characterised in " The Return from Parnassus." " His style was witty, tho' he had some gall ; Something he might have mended, so may all ; Yet this 1 say, that for a mother's tt'it, Few nu-n have ever seen the like of it." Na*h abounds with "Mother-wit;"... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1853 - 510 pages
...furies." He ie well characterised in "The Return from Parnassus." " His style was witty, tho' he hud some gall ; Something he might have mended, so may all ; Yet this 1 say, that for a mothcr't wíí, Few men have ever seen the like of it." Na*h ahounds with "Mother-wit;"... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...sleep with his mournful chest, And then for ever with his ashes rest ; His style was witty, though he had some gall ; Something he might have mended, — so may all ; Yet this I say, that, for a mother wit, Few men have ever seen the like of it." His dramatic productions consist of Summer's Last... | |
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our true English Aretine, " another, "Sweet satyric Nash," a third describes his Muse as ' ' armed with a gag-tooth (a tusk), and his pen possessed with Hercules's furies." He is well characterised in " The Return from Parnassus." " His style was witty,... 
