 | Juvenal - 1735 - 512 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from Nature: How ealie it is to call Rogue and Villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a Man appear a Fool, a Blockhead, or a Knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious Terms ! To fpare theGroflhefsof the Namesr and to do the thing yet more... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature : how eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groflhefs of 215 the names, and to do the thing... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature : how eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groflhefs of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 398 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature : how eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without out ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms! To fpare the groffhefs of the names, and to do the thing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 390 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature: bow eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a •fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groffhefs of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 388 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature: how eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of VoL. XXIV. O thofe thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the groflhefs of the names, and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature. How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead,...and to do the thing yet more severely, is to draw a foil face, and to make the nose and cheeks stand out, and yet not to employ any depth of shadowing.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the grofsnefs of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pages
...imitated by him who has it not from nature. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without ufing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To fpare the grofsnefs of the names, and to do the thing yet... | |
 | 1826 - 450 pages
...o6. Delicate Satin not eaßly bit of. How eafy is it to call rogue and villain, and that wittily ! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, ora knave, without -ifing any of thofe opprobrious terms ! To /pare the groiînefs of the names, and... | |
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How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily 1 but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms... 
