 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 674 sivua
...ill-written play, They rose, but at their height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the lirst comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being...every word, throughout a play, None of them, no not Jonsou in his height, Could pass, without allowing grains for weight. Think it not envy, that these... | |
 | John Dryden - 1891 - 352 sivua
...critics weigh Each line, and every word, thoughout a play, None of them, no not Jonson in his height, uJ Could pass, without allowing grains for weight. Think it not envy, that these truths are told : \j Our poet's not malicious, though he's bold. 'Tis not to brand them, that their faults are shown,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 sivua
...silently each other's track pnrsne, Bright as yonng diamonds in their infant dew ? Act iii. Sc. i. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since hy heing dead. Epllor/ne. 1 See Bnrton, page 193. 2 Fat, fair, and forty. — SCOTT : St. Ronna's Well,... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 sivua
...weigh Each line, and every word, throughout a play, None of them, no, not Jonson in his height, 15 Could pass, without allowing grains for weight. Think it not envy, that these truths are told ; < )ur poet's not malicious, though he's bold. "Tis not to brand them that their faults are shown,... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 sivua
...scene, Which must atone for an ill-written play. They rose, but at their height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And...play, None of them, no, not Jonson in his height, Jonson. Could pass, without allowing grains for weight. Think it not envy that these truths are told... | |
 | Torben Lundbeck - 1894 - 214 sivua
...han kunde . stå for denne mere kritiske tids undersøgelse. Den gang var det let at blive berømt: »Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since, by being dead.« Imidlertid tillægger han ikke sig selv æren for forbedringen: If love and honour now are higher raised,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 412 sivua
...scene, Which must atone for an ill-written play : io They rose, but at their height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And...they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and ev'ry word, throughout a play, 15 None of them, no, not Johnson in his height, Could pass, without... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 420 sivua
...scene, Which must atone for an ill-written play: 10 They rose, but at their height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And...they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and ev'ry word, throughout a play, 15 None of them, no, not Johnson in his height, Could pass, without... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 sivua
...Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew ? Act Hi. Sc. i. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since by being dead. Epilogue. 1 See Burton, page 193. 2 Fat, fair, and forty. — SCOTT : St. Eonan't Well, chap. vii.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 sivua
...Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew ? Act Hi. Sc. 1. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since by being dead. Epilogue. 1 See Burton, page 193. 2 Fat, fair, and forty. — SCOTT : St. Ronan'i Well, chap. mi. Mrs.... | |
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They rose, but at their height could seldom stay. Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. 
