 | Charles Gildon, Sir Charles Sedley, George Stepney, John Dryden - 1701 - 362 strani
...Maximin and Almanz,or, which cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance &c. All I can fay for thofe paffages which are I hope not many, is that I knew they were bad a enough to pleafe, Even when I writ them : But I repent of them among my fins: And if any of their... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1721 - 386 strani
...which cry vengeance upon me, for «' their extravagance, &c.- All I can fay for thofe fe paflages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I " knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even when I" writ them : But I repent of them among my fins :: And; ( 351 ) w And if any of their fellows intrude... | |
 | George Granville Baron Lansdowne - 1732 - 190 strani
...for « their Extravagance, &c. All I can fay for thofe Paf. - .fcgw'wbidi are i hofe «et«MBy, .Mr that I knew * ' •« they were bad enough to pleafe,...when I wrote • them* but I repent of them among my Sins.. And if any on the foregoing Poem. 7? ' anyof their Fellowsintrude by chance into my prefenc... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 strani
...my own Almanfor " cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance i " all I can fay for thofe paflages, which are, I hope, '* not many, is that I knew they were bad enough to *' pleafe even when I writ them." Here we fee he charges his failings upon the depraved tafte of the age, and will not admit... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 466 strani
...extravagance. — All ** I can fay for thofe paffages, which are, I hope, not many, 0.2 " »Sj " isj that I knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even " when I writ them. But I repent of them among my fins j " and if any of their fellows intrude by chance into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 278 strani
...manzor which cry vengeance upon me for their extrava" gance, &c. All I can fay for thofe patTages, which are, I " hope, not many, is, that I knew they...repent of them *' among my fins; and. if any of their fcllo\vs intrude by chance *'' into my prcfent writings, I draw a itroke over thofe Dah" lahs of the... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 strani
...Almanzor, which cry vengeance upon me for " their extravagance, &c. All I can fay for thofe " paflages, which are I hope not many, is, that I " knew they...wrote them ; but I repent of them among my " fins: 96 EXPLANATORY ANNOTATIONS, &c. " fins : And if any of their fellows intrude br *' chance into my prefent... | |
 | 1798 - 576 strani
...whicli cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. — All I can fay for thofc pallages, which are, 1 hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to pleafe, even when I writ them, but I repent of th;'m among my fins; and if any of thsir fellows intrude by chance into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 516 strani
...and Almanzor, which cry vengeance upon me for " their extravagance, &c. All J can fay for thofe *' paffages, which are I hope not many, is, that I "...enough to pleafe, even when ** I wrote them ; but J repent of them among my " fins : And if any of their fellows intrude by " chance into my prefent... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 550 strani
...met with an account exactly corresponding with that mentioned by our author. Navagero indeed having I hope not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to please even when, I writ them ; but I repent of them amongst my sins ; and if any of their fellows... | |
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All I can say for those passages, which are, I hope, not many, is, that I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I writ them... 
