May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say... The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 32by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...nothing loll out of Nature, rho' every thing is alter d. May 1 have leave to do my fclf the Juitice, (fince my Enemies will do me none, and are fo far from granting me to beagood Poet, that they will not allow me fo much as to be a Chriftian, or a Moral Man) may I have... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...nothing loft out of nature, tho every thing is altered. May 1 have leave to do myfelf the juftice, (fince my enemies will do me none, and are fo far...that they •will not allow me fo much as to be a Chriltian, or a moral man) may I have leave, I fay, to inform my reader, that 1 have confined my choice... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...lojl out of PA-HIT, though every tiling is altered. May I live lo do ir.jiclf tlis juilice, (fine* my enemies will do me none, and are fo far from granting...me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me Ib much as to be a Chrifiian, or a moral man); may I have, leave, I fay, to inform my reader, that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 658 pages
...though every thing is altered. May I have leave to do myfelf thejuftice, (fmce my enemies will dome none, and are fo far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me to be a chriftian, or a moral man) ; may I have leave, I fay, to inform my reader, that I have confined... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...FABLES : " May I have leave to do myself the justice, since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man, may I have leave, I say," &c. See vol. iii. p. 630. Ward's... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...FABLES : " May I have leave to do myself the justice, since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man, may I have leave, I say," &c. See vol. iii. p. 630. Ward's... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...FABLES : " May I have leave to do myself the justice, since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man, may I have leave, I say," &c. See vol. iii. p. 630. Ward's... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...altered. May I have leave to do myself the justice, (since my enemies will do me none, f and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as * Gat-toothed, according to Chaucer ; meaning nothing more than goat-toothed, which, applied... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...altered. May I have leave to do myself the justice, (since my enemies will do me none, f and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as * Gat-toothed, according to Chaucer ; meaning nothing more than goat-toothed, which, applied... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...is altered. May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man) ; may I have leave, 1 say, to inform my reader, that... | |
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