 All I can say for those passages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I writ them...  The Laws of Poetry - Page 350by Charles Gildon - 1721 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Gildon, Sir Charles Sedley, George Stepney, John Dryden - English poetry - 1701 - 362 pages
...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... | |
 | George Granville Baron Lansdowne - 1732 - 190 pages
...for « their Extravagance, &c. All I can fay for thofe Paf. - .fcgw'wbidi are i hofe «et«MBy, .Mr that I knew * ' •« they were bad enough to pleafe, even when I wrote • them* but I repent of them among my Sins.. And if any on the foregoing Poem. 7? ' anyof their... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 448 pages
...verfes of 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...were bad enough to *' pleafe even when I writ them." Here we fee he charges his failings upon the depraved tafte of the age, and will not admit them to... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1780 - 414 pages
...Statius and Chapman t all can fay for thofe paflages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I know they were bad enough to pleafe, even when I writ them : but I repent of them amongft my fins ; and if any of their fellows intrude by chance into my prefent writings, I draw a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 278 pages
...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 fcllo\vs intrude by chance... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 pages
...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 fellows intrude by chance "... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
..." and 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, &c. " fins : And if... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 576 pages
...whicli cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. — All I can fay for thofc pallages, which are, 1 hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough...to pleafe, even when I writ them, but I repent of th;'m among my fins; and if any of thsir fellows intrude by chance into my prefcnt writings, I draw... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 516 pages
...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 their fellows intrude by " chance... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 550 pages
...met with an account exactly corresponding with that mentioned by our author. 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... | |
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