...learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets t is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but...

...Dryden who said of Cowley, whom he elsewhere calls " the darling of my youth,"f that he was " sunk in reputation because he could never forgive any conceit...way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and small."! But the passages * Essay on Satire. t Ibid. t Preface to Fables. Men are always inclined to revenge...

...is sunk in his reputation," said this illustrious successor in 1700, " because he could never forego any conceit which came in his way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and small. For this reason, though hs must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer,...

...learned in all sciences ; and, therefore, speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is...excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets35 is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way...

...Dryden who said of Cowley, whom he elsewhere calls "the darling of my youth," 2 that he was " sunk in reputation because he could never forgive any conceit...way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and small." 3 But the passages I have thus far cited as specimens of our poet's coarseness (for poet he surely...

...Dryden who said of Cowley, whom he elsewhere calls "the darling of my youth," 2 that he was " sunk in reputation because he could never forgive any conceit...way, but swept, like a drag-net, great and small." 8 But the passages I have thus far cited as specimens of our poet's coarseness (for poet he surely...

...writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets35 is sunk in his reputation, because he could never...small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill sorted ; whole pyramids of sweetmeats for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All...

...which, in the generations that followed, have contributed to the almost total neglect of his poetry : "One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation,...small. There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill sorted ; whole pyramids of sweetmeats for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All...

...learned in. all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects ; as he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is...poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forego any conceit which came in his way, but swept like a drag-net, great and small.* There was plenty...

...learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off, a continence which is...any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace. . . . Chaucer followed nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her." 3 This points to...