 FALSTAFF ftands inimitable yet. Another Fault which often may befall, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall So overflow/ that is, be none at all ; That ev'n his Fools fpeak Senfe, as if pofTeft, And each by Infpiration breaks his Jeft. If once the...  The Laws of Poetry - Page 249by Charles Gildon - 1721 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Collection - English poetry - 1702 - 476 pages
...Faclion this would Favour get J But *Falftafffcems unimitable yet. * Anadmiuble-Cfuwftsr in a Phy of Another Fault which often does befal, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall So ovtfflow, that is, be none at all, That all his Fools fpeak Senfe, as if poffeftj And each by Infpiration... | |
 | English poetry - 1702 - 472 pages
...Favour get J But ^/^/^/feems unimitable yet. ^^.^^ An Admirable Charafter in a Play of Sh*ke{fror's, Another Fault which often does befal, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet lhall So overflow, that is, be none at all, That all his pools fpeak Seafe, as if foffeft, And each... | |
 | Petronius Arbiter - Classical poetry - 1714 - 438 pages
...Pleafvreand for Ufet In fpight of Faction this would Favour get: But * Falflaf feems unimitable yet. Another Fault which often does befal, Is, when the Wit of fome great Poet (hall So over/low, that is, be none at all, That all his Fools fpeak Setife, as if poffejt, And each... | |
 | Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - English poetry - 1717 - 580 pages
...this would Favour get: But f Falflaf (lands unimitated yet. Another Fault which often does befall, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall So overflow, that is, be none at all, That ev7n his Fools fpeak Senfe, as if fojjefl, And each by Infpiration breaks his Jeft; If once the Jujinefs... | |
 | John Oldmixon - 1728 - 484 pages
...aiming fo much to Jhine every where as to become ridiculous ; and the Duke of Buckingham explains it : Another Fault, which often does befal, } Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall C So overflow as to be none at all, £ That even his Fools fpeak Senfe. We have had fome comick Writers... | |
 | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham - Great Britain - 1729 - 428 pages
...this would Favour get > But * FALSTAFF ftands inimitable yet. Another Fault which often may befall, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall So overflow/...that is, be none at all ; That ev'n his Fools fpeak Senfe, as if pofTeft, And each by Infpiration breaks his Jeft. If once the Juftnefs of each part be... | |
 | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham - Great Britain - 1729 - 438 pages
...this would Favour get ; But * FALSTAFF ftands inimitable yet. Another Fault which often may befall, Is when the Wit of fome great Poet fhall So overflow, that is, be none at all ; That ev'n his Fools fpcak Senfe, as if pofleft, And each by Infpiration breaks his Jcft. If once the Juftnefs of each part... | |
 | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham - 1752 - 302 pages
...charaQer 5u a play of SHAXESPEA? E. AN ESSAY ON POETRY. If Another fault which often may befall, -j Is, when the wit of fome great poet fhall > So overflow, that is, be none at all; J That ev'n his fools fpeak fenfe, as if pofleft, And each by infpiration breaks his jeft. If once... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...thofe thoughts we have been defcribing, is not to be tolerated. Another fault which often, does befall, Is when the wit of fome great poet fhall So overflow that it be none at all .*.. A poem, like a dinner or. a defert, may be made too rich, and, jnflead of gratifying,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...would favour get ; But Falftaff e ftands inimitable yet. Another fault which often may befall 260 " Is, when the wit of fome great poet fhall So overflow,...that is, be none at all, That ev'n his fools fpeak fenfc as if poffeft, And each hy infpiration breaks his jeft. If once the juftnefs of each part be... | |
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