 | John Pinkerton - English poetry - 1786 - 712 pages
...The allegory of this poem, I fuppofe, is that -mode* rate pieafuies are better than high onesf. Hut it is a very poor production ; and yet, I know not how, it has been frequently printed, while far fuperior works have * Ncir Laudcr is Thirlftane caftle, a fingular old houfe of the Ear] of Lauderdale.... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 512 pages
...allegory of this pprrn, J /up* pofe, is, that moderate pleasures ar'e IH-IHT i)i:m high ones ;:. But it is a very poor production ; and yet, I know not how,, it has-been frequently printed, while far fuperior. worki have been neglected. The uanza is good for a... | |
 | David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...suffers caprice to usurp the place of judgment, has however censured it in the following terms : " It is a very poor production ; and yet, I know not...have been neglected. The stanza is good for a song ; bat the worst in the world for a long poem. The allegory is weak and wire-drawn ; and the whole piece... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...manner. The pettish criticism of Mr. I'inkerton, we consider of this kind. That writer observes, " It is a very poor production; and yet I know not how,...superior works have been neglected. The stanza is ;rood for a song, but the worst in the world for a long poem. The allegory is weak and wire drawn;... | |
 | William Motherwell - English poetry - 1872 - 592 pages
...cavalier-like manner. The pettish criticism of Mr Pinkcrfcon, we consider of this kind. That writer observes, " It is a very poor production; and yet I know not how,...wire-drawn; and the whole piece beneath contempt." This wholesale way of pronouncing condemnation, is neither just nor rational, either in regard to persons... | |
 | English poetry - 1872 - 552 pages
...cavalier-like manner. The pettish criticism of Mr Pinkcrton, we consider of this kind. That writer observes, "It is a very poor production; and yet I know not...wire-drawn; and the whole piece beneath contempt." This wholesale way of pronouncing condemnation, is neither just nor rational, either in regard to persons... | |
 | William Motherwell - English literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...cavalier-like manner. The pettish criticism of Mr Pinkerton, we consider of this kind. That writer observes, "It is a very poor production; and yet I know not...for a song, but the worst in the world for a long pocm. The allegory is weak and wire-drawn; and the whole piece beneath contempt." This wholesale way... | |
 | William Motherwell - English literature - 1872 - 546 pages
...and yet I know not hew, it has been frequently printed, while far superior works have been negleeted. The stanza is good for a song, but the worst in the...poem. The allegory is weak and wire-drawn; and the whele pieee beneath contempt." This whelesale way of pronouncing condemnation, is neither just nor... | |
 | Alexander Montgomerie - Scotland - 1887 - 504 pages
...on sundry other matters are by no means free from prejudice and paradox, thus sums up its demerits : 'It is a very poor production ; and yet, I know not...The allegory is weak and wire-drawn, and the whole poem beneath contempt. Let it then sleep."1 This cavalier mode of treating a poem that had, by that... | |
 | Alexander Montgomerie - Scotland - 1887 - 504 pages
...on sundry other matters are by no means free from prejudice and paradox, thus sums up its demerits : 'It is a very poor production ; and yet, I know not...The allegory is weak and wire.drawn, and the whole poem beneath contempt. Let it then sleep."1 This cavalier mode of treating a poem that had, by that... | |
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It is a very poor production; and yet I know not how, it has been frequently printed, while far superior works have been neglected. The stanza is good for a song, but the worst in the world for a long poem. The allegory is weak and wire-drawn; and the... 