 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri,v in my ABSALOM, is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...; and he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury.1 If I had railed, I might have ' « George Villiers, the second Duke of Buckingham.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri,v in my ABSALOM, is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...; and he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury.* If I had railed, I might have ' George Villiers, the second Duke of Buckingham.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri,9 in my ABSALOM, is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...bloody, but it is ridiculous enough ; and he for whom it WPS intended was too witty to resent it as an injury.* If I had railed, I might have 9 George Villiers,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri in my " Absalom," is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury, f If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character cJf Zimri in my " Absalom," is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury, f If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 sidor
...from his quoting it as the master-piece of his own satire. " The character of Zimri in my ' Absalom,' is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 sidor
...Ketch's wife faid of his fervant, of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging ; but to make a malefactor die fweetly, was only belonging to her hufband. I...; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty torefent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have fuffered for it juftly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 sidor
...of work, a bare hanging ; but to make a malefactor die fweetly, was only belonging to her hufband. 1 wifh I could apply it to myfelf, if the reader would...; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty torefent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have fuffered for it juftly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 444 sidor
...the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character of Zimri in my " Absalom," is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...; and he for whom it was intended was too witty to resent it as an injury.t If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 sidor
...from his quoting it as the master-piece of his own satire. " The character of Zimri in my ' Absalom/ is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem : it is not...ridiculous enough ; and he, for whom it was intended, wa. • too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ;... | |
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The character of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem: it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. 
