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" Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. "
The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke - Page 295
by John Dryden - 1874
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...poud'ring which of all his sons was lit To reign, and wage immortal war with Wit, Cry'd, 'Tis resolv'd ; for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most...me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dullness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...reign, and wage immortal war with Wit, Cry'd, 'Tis resolv'd ; for Nature pleads that h< Should onry rule who most resembles me. Shadwell. alone my perfect...sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity: The rest to eome faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. to Eome beams...
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Poetical Works

John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state ; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign, and wage immortal war with Wit, Cried — ' 'Tis resolv'd; for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 21

John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...with Wit, Cry'd, 'Tis resolv'd ; for Nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who most resembles rnr . Shadwell alone my perfect image bears. Mature in dulness...sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. SO Some beams...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 10

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 480 pages
...large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state ; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign,...Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 474 pages
...large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state ; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign,...image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; "j" Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some...
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The Works of John Dryden,: Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, an epistle ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...To settle the succession of the state ; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign, arid wage immortal war with wit, Cried, — Tis resolved...image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; f Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Collated with the Best Editions:

John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign, and wage immortal war with Wit, Cried—' 'Tis resolv'd; for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect...
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An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and Its Environs ...

Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...the following lines in his Mac Flecnoe : " Shadwell alone my perfect image hears, Mature in dulncss 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 make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ; Some beams...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...increase ; Worn out with business, did at length debate ,• To settle the succession of the state : And, pondering, which of all his sons was fit,' To reign, and wage immortal war with wit, Cry'd, " 'Tis resolv'd ; for Nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who most resembles me. Shad well...
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