 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 540 pages
...low. " Then comedy was faultle&, but 'twas coarfe : " Cobb's Tankard was a jeft, and Oiter's Horfe. ** Fame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped : ** And they have kept it fmce by being dead. ** But were they now to write, when critics weigh " Each line and ev'ry word throughout... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778 - 550 pages
...Tankard was a jeft, and Otter's Horfe. " Fame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped : " And they h;ive kept it fince by being dead. •' But were they now...weight. " If love' .and honour now are higher rais'd, |r It's not/the ppe^ but the age is prais'd : ,,'* "Wfit's now arriv'd to a more high degree, " Our... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1779 - 572 pages
...** Fame then was cheap, and the fir ft comer fped : ** And they have kept it fince by being dead. f< But were they now to write, when critics weigh " Each...them, no not Johnfon in his height, '** Could pafs uithout allowing grains for weight. *' If love and honour now are higher rais'd, ** It's not the poet,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1802 - 220 pages
...low. " Then comedy was faultlefs, but 'twas coarfe: " Cobb-'s Tankard was ajeft, and Otter's Horfe. " Fame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped: " And...they now to write, when critics weigh " Each line and every word throughout a play, " None of them, no not Johnfon in his height, " Could pafs without allowing... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 534 pages
...Then comedy was faultlefs, but 'twas coarfe : " Cobb's Tankard was a jeft, and Otter's Horfe. " P'ame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped : " And they have kept it fines by being dead. " But were they now to write, when critics weigh '' Each line and ev'ry word throughout... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...height could seldom stay, Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and every word, throughout a play, None of them, no not Jonson in his height, Could pass, without allowing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 612 pages
...fcene, Which muft atone for an ill-written play. They rofe, but at their height could feldom ftay. 10 Fame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped ; And...they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and every word, throughout a play, None of them, no not Jonfon in his height, 15 Could pafs, without allowing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...fcene, Which muft atone for an ill-written play. They rofe, but at their height could feldom ftay. 10 Fame then was cheap, and the firft comer fped ; And they have kept it fmce, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when crities weigh Each line, and every word, throughout... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. t But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and every word, throughout a play, None of them, no not Jonson in his height, Could pass, without allowing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and every word, throughout a play, None of them, no not Jonson in his height, Could pass, without allowing... | |
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Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and... 
