 | William Spalding - English literature - 1872 - 482 pages
...blundering kind of melody; Spurred boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in: Free from all meaning, whether good...heroically mad. He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But fagoted his notions as they fell: And if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Spiteful he is... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 pages
...blundering kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...heroically mad : He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But fagoted his notions as they fell, And if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. 420 Spiteful he... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...DRYDEN. The more inform'd, the less he understood, And deeper sunk by flound'ring in the mud. DRYDEN. Free from all meaning, whether good or bad ; And, in one word, heroically mad. DRYDEN. They give the scandal, and the wise discern, Their glosses teach an age too apt to learn. DRYDEN.... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1877 - 444 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in : Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And, in one word, heroically mad. Ui have been the power of reasoning, and of expressing the result in appropriate language. This may... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...DRYDEN. The more inform'd, the less he understood, And deeper sunk by flound'ring in the mud. DRYDEN. Free from all meaning, whether good or bad ; And, in one word, heroically mad. DRYDEN. They give the scandal, and the wise discern, Their glosses teach an age too apt to learn. DRYDEN.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 528 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...heroically mad, He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But faggoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Spiteful he is... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...heroically mad, He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But faggoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Spiteful he is... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...And, in one word, heroically mad, He was too warm on pi eking- work to dwell, But faggoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all... | |
 | George Saintsbury - Authors, English - 1881 - 216 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...And, in one word, heroically mad, He was too warm on picking- work to dwell, But fagoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...heroically mad, He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But faggoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Spiteful he is... | |
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Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in: Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And, in one word, heroically... 
