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" The composition of all poems is, or ought to be, of wit; and wit in the poet, or Wit writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction), is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and... "
The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ... - Page 45
by John Dryden - 1767
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 550 pages
...wit; and wit in the poet, or wit writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school distinction,) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, till it springs the quarry it hunted after;...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...of wit; and wit in the poet, or wit- writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-difHnction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the...quarry it hunted after: or, without metaphor; which fcarches over all the memory for the fpecies or ideas of thofe things which it deiigns to reprefent....
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...that I could not read them. AVw/M. 4. Representation to the mind. Wit in the poet, or \vit-\vriting, is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those tmugs which it designs to represent....
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Poetical Works

John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, till it springs the quarry it hunted after;...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Collated with the Best Editions:

John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...of wit ; and wit hi the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, till it springs the quarry it hunted after...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...wit ; * and wit in the poet, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave o use a school-distinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, 'till it springs the quarry it hunted after;...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 9

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...wit ; * and wit iii the poet, or wit-writing, (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, 'till it springs the quarry it hunted after;...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 410 pages
...of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to use a school-distinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, till it springs the quarry it hunted after;...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...of wit ; and wit in the poet, or wit writing, if you will give me leave te use a school distinction, is no other than the faculty of imagination in the writer, which, like a nimble spaniel, beats over and ranges through the field of memory, till it springs the quarry it hunted after...
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Prose

Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...of wit ; and wit in poetry, or wit-writing (if you will give me leave to ufe a fchool-diftinction) is no other than the faculty of imagination in the...over and ranges through the field of memory, till it iprings the quarry it hunted after ; or, without a metaphor, which fearches over all the memory for...
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