| Charles Gildon, Sir Charles Sedley, George Stepney, John Dryden - 1701 - 362 pagina’s
...Almanz,or, which cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance &c. All I can fay for thofe paffages which are I hope not many, is that I knew they were bad a enough to pleafe, Even when I writ them : But I repent of them among my fins: And if any of their... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1721 - 386 pagina’s
...which cry vengeance upon me, for «' their extravagance, &c.- All I can fay for thofe fe paflages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I " knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even when I" writ them : But I repent of them among my fins :: And; ( 351 ) w And... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pagina’s
...my own Almanfor " cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance i " all I can fay for thofe paflages, which are, I hope, '* not many, is that I knew they were bad enough to *' pleafe even when I writ them." Here we fee he charges his failings upon the depraved tafte... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 278 pagina’s
...manzor which cry vengeance upon me for their extrava" gance, &c. All I can fay for thofe patTages, which are, I " hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to " pleafe even when I wrote them; but I repent of them *' among my fins; and. if any of their... | |
| samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 pagina’s
...manzor which cry vengeance u;<on me for their cxtrava" gance, c£JV. All I can fay for thole paffages, which are, I " hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to " pleafe even when I wrote them ; but I repent of them " among my fins ; and if any of their... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 280 pagina’s
...Almanzor, which cry vengeance upon me for " their extravagance, &c. All I can fay for thofe " paflages, which are I hope not many, is, that I " knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even when " I wrote them ; but I repent of them among my " fins: 96 EXPLANATORY ANNOTATIONS,... | |
| John Bell - 1791 - 270 pagina’s
...their extravagance, and which 1 wish heartily in the same fire with Slatius and Chapman : all lean say for those passages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I Know they were bad enough to please, even when I writ them : but I repent of them amongst my sins ;... | |
| 1791 - 354 pagina’s
...their extravagance. All that I can fay for thofe paffages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that 1 knew they were bad when 1 wrote them. But I repent of them amongft my fins ; and if any K 4 of of their fellows intrude by chance into my prefent writings, I... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 516 pagina’s
...Almanzor, which cry vengeance upon me for " their extravagance, &c. All J can fay for thofe *' paffages, which are I hope not many, is, that I " knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even when ** I wrote them ; but J repent of them among my " fins : And if any of... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 550 pagina’s
...Navagero indeed having I hope not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to please even when, I writ them ; but I repent of them amongst my sins ; and if any of their fellows obtrude by chance into my present writings, I draw a stroke over all those Dalilahs of... | |
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