 | John Dryden - 1717 - 464 pages
...take care not to offend. But, as the civileft Man in the Company is commonly the Dulleft, fo thefe Authors, while they are afraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pure good Manners, make you fkep. They are fo careful not to exafperate a Critick, that they never leave him any Work ; fo bufie... | |
 | John Bell - 1776 - 382 pages
...take care not to oftendi But as the t-ivillefl: man in the company is commonly the dulleft, fo thefe authors, while they are afraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pure good manners, make you fleep. They are fo careful not to exafperate a critic, that they never leave him any work; fo bufy... | |
 | John Bell - 1780 - 382 pages
...as the civileft man in the company is commonly the dulleft, fo thele authors, while they arcafraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pure good manners make you iieep. They are fo careful not to exafperate a critick thai they never leave him any work; fo bufy... | |
 | John Bell - 1776 - 422 pages
...take care not to offend. But as the civillcft man in the company is commonly the dullefr, fo thefe authors, while they are afraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pure good manners, make you fleep. They are fo careful not to exafperate a critic, that they never leave him any work; fo bufy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...they should take care not to offend. But as the civillest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you...you sleep. They are so careful not to exasperate a critic, that they never leave him any work ; so busy with the broom, and make so clean a riddance,... | |
 | 1810 - 500 pages
...manners, given by our dramatists. " As the «'. vilest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pur.? good manners, make you sleep." STRICTURES ON MOLIEHE. MONSIEUR SOR.BIEUE, speaking.like a true... | |
 | GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL - 1892 - 418 pages
...they should take care not to offend. But as the civillest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you...or cry, out of pure good manners make you sleep." Johnson, moreover, two or three years before Lessing wrote, had ridiculed the charge brought against... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 pages
...they should take care not to offend. But as the civillest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you...or cry, out of pure good manners make you sleep." Johnson, moreover, two or three years before Lessing wrote, had ridiculed the charge brought against... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 456 pages
...they should take care not to offend But as the civilest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you...you sleep. They are so careful not to exasperate a critic, that they never leave him any work ; so busy with the broom, and make so clean a riddance,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 412 pages
...they should take care not to offend. 5 But as the civilest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are Afraid to make you^...you sleep. They are so careful not to exasperate a critic, that they never leave him any work ; so busy 10 with the broom, and make so clean a riddance,... | |
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... tis but necessary, when they cannot please, that they should take care not to offend. But as the civilest man in the company is commonly the dullest, so these authors, while they are afraid to make you laugh or cry, out of pure good manners make you... 
