...Mature in dullness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; Cut ShadwcU's...

...spleen." Nothing can be falser than the idea intended to be conveyed in the following couplet : " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." Mr. Shadwell was far inferior to Dryden ; but Shadwell did not write nonsense. Many of his couxdies...

...Shadwell, of which he has given proof in his bitterest satire called Mac-Fleckno, where he says, " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, " But Shadwell never deviates into sense." Yet all \ve learn hence is, that a satirist never pays the least regard to truth when it interferes...

...reigns triumphant, and under the influence of her "lambent dulness," each of the before-mentioned " Swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death, true dulness would maintain ; And in his mother's right, ajid realms defence., .Ne'er to have peace with wit, or truce with sense," PRYDEN....

...reigns triumphant, and under the influence of her " tambent dulness," each of the before-mentioned " Swore, nor should his 'vow be vain, That he till death, true dulness would maintain; T And in his mother's right, and realms defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, or truce with sense."...

...dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in lull stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's...

...mais la nuit naturelle de Shadwell n'admet point d« trône de la bêtise, et prononce son serment : So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain That he, till death, true dullness would maintain; And, in his father's right, andrealm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit,...

...question, though his abilities have been so often contemned. Dryden, lashing him, says — " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, " But Shadwell never deviates into sense-." When the lord chamberlain was asked why he did not give the poet's crown to a superior genius, he replied,...

...brouillards épais l'emportent sur le jour. trône de la bêtise , et prononce son serment : -' So Shad\vell swore , nor should his vow be vain That he, till death, true dullness would maintain; And, in his lather's right, andrealm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit,...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. SO Some beams of wit on other souls may fall. Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's...