 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 396 sidor
...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. .... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 sidor
...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. .... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 sidor
...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. If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed mine own... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 sidor
...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. ... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 408 sidor
...character of Zinari 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. ... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1887 - 420 sidor
...of Ziniri 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.* If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly ; but I managed my own... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 410 sidor
...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. ... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 384 sidor
...: ' The character of " Zimri " 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. ... I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied myself to the representing... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1895 - 176 sidor
...Reader wou d"Ee k"ln"fl enough t* think it belongs to me. The Character of Zimri in my Absalom, is, in my Opinion, worth the whole Poem : 'Tis not bloody,...And he for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had rail'd, I might have suffer'd for it justly : But I manag'd my own... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1895 - 182 sidor
...the Reader wou'd be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The Character of Zimri in my Absalom, is, in my Opinion, worth the whole Poem : 'Tis not bloody,...And he for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury. If I had rail'd, I might have suffer'd for it justly : But I manag'd my own... | |
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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. 
