 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 246 pages
...Complaint, and those other serious poems said to be father Southwell's: the English whereof, as it it most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." WILLIAM WARNER. BY far the most valuable parts of this writer have been restored to the notice which... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 508 pages
...verse. Edmund Bolton» in his Hypercritica, written about 1616 (though not published till 1722), says, " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." His St. Peter's Complaint, with other Poems, was first printed in 1595, 4to.; again 1597, 1599; again... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 476 pages
...though not printed till 1722: " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and those other serions poems said to be father SOUTHWELL'S ; the English...sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." This recommendation of an old English critic, who had been pronounced judicious and sensible by Mr.... | |
 | Joseph Haslewood - 1815 - 360 pages
...must be forgotten St Peter's Complaint, and those other serious Poems said to be father Southwelfs ; the English whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness, and Light of Wit is very rare in them. Noble Henry Constable was a great Master in English Tongue, nor had any Gentleman of our Nation a more... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 470 pages
...must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and those other serious poems said to be father SOUTHWELL'S j the English whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." This recomtnendation of an old English critic, who had been pronounced judicious and sensible by Mr.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pages
...of expressing himself in the English language, both in prose and verse. Edmund Bolton, whom Warton calls a sensible critic, speaks of Southwell's works...followed by Mr. Ellis. " There is a. moral charm," says Headley, " in the little pieces of Southwell, that will prejudice most readers of feeling in their... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1824 - 504 pages
...the work, as the fame is, of one of her gentlemenpensioners, Puttenham, are princely as her prose. Never must be forgotten St. PETER'S COMPLAINT, and...the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them. Noble Henry Constable was a great master in English tongue, nor had any gentleman of our nation a more... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 672 pages
...forgotten ' St. Prlet'i CompUnf, and those other serious Poems said to be Father Southwell's ; UKEnglish whereof as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them." Yet Bp. Hall cries out ' Hence, ye profane : mell not with holy things.' * * * * Parnassus is transform'd... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 408 pages
...robbing * Edmund Bolton, an old English critic, in his Hypercritica, has this notice of Southwell : " Never must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint, and...is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit i» very rare in them." a nobleman's steward of a gold chain. But these charges rest upon no foundation,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 pages
...must be forgotten St. Pettsr't Complaint, and those other serious poems said to be Father Southwell*, the .English whereof, as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit i» sery raw in them." •M7 16 BARNABF. BARNES. .1 ;, .1 1 I • I • I r ' a nobleman's steward... | |
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Never,' says Bolton in his Hypercritica, ' must be forgotten St. Peter's Complaint and those other serious poems said to be father Southwell's ; the English whereof, as it is most proper, so the sharpness and light of wit is very rare in them. 
