les petits esprits; such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse, who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid sense and elegant expression; these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial... Virgil's Æneid - Página 62por Virgil - 1909 - 432 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1744 - 348 páginas
...thofe whom he calls Let Petits Efprits, fuch things as are our Upper-Gallery Audience in a Play-houft ; who like nothing but the Husk and Rind of Wit, prefer a Quibble, a Conceit, an Epigram, before folid Senfe and elegant Expreffion : Thefe are Mob Readers. If Virgil and Martial Hood for Parliament-Men,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 páginas
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhoufe : who like nothing but the hulk and rind of wit; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thefe are mob-readers : if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 páginas
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhoufe : who like nothing but the hufk and rind of wit; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thefe are mob-readers : if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men,... | |
| 1792 - 918 páginas
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-houfe : who like nothing but the hulk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion : thcfe are mob-readers: if Virgil and Martial Hood for parliament-men,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 páginas
...Efprits : fuch things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-houfe : who like nothing but the hulk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before folid fenfe, and elegant expreffion: thefe are mob-readers: if Virgil and Martial flood for parliament-men,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 662 páginas
...same of writers too, if he had pleased.) In the lowest form he places those whom he calls les fetits esprits: such things as are our upper-gallery audience...before solid sense, and elegant expression. These are mob-readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 páginas
...writers too, if he had pleased.) In the lowest form he places those whom he calls les petits esprit*: such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a...before solid sense, and elegant expression. These are mob-readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament-men, we know already who would carry it. But... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 páginas
...form he places those whom he calls Les Petits Esprits, such things as are our upper-gallery aur dience in a playhouse; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, and prefer a quib.ble, a con-; ceit, an epigram, before solid sense and elegant expression. These are... | |
| 1803 - 434 páginas
...had pleased.] In the lowest form he places ' those whom he calls Lcs Petits Esprits, such things 1 as our upper-gallery audience in a play-house; who ' like nothing but the husk and rhind of wit, prefer a ' quibble, a conceit, on epigram, before solid s,tiise, 1 and elegant expression:... | |
| 1804 - 676 páginas
...writers too, if he had pleased.] ' In the lowest form he places those whom he calls Its pttlts espnts, such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a...nothing but the husk and rind of wit, 'prefer a quibble, * conceit, an epigram, before solid sense and elegant expression. These are mob readers. If Virgil... | |
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