 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 strani
...and was admired by all ingenious men, particularly by Edmund Waller, of Beaconsfield, who then said of the author, that he broke out, like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, before any body was, aware, or the least suspected it." — The observation is more applicable to Denham,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...and was admired by all ingenious men, particularly by Edmund Waller, of Beaconsfield, who then said of the author, that he broke out, like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, before any body was aware, -or the least suspected it." — The observation is more applicable to Denham,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 strani
...given him. his • first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, " that he broke put, " like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong...nobody was. aware, " or in the least suspected it :" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 228 strani
...Waller to Denham, and say, with superior truth, " He burst out like the Irish rebellion, three score thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it." The second division may conclude with the publication of his Homer ; comprizing the incidents of ten... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 490 strani
...apply to him the lively compliment of Waller to Denham, and say, with superior truth — " He burst out like the Irish rebellion, " three-score thousand...when nobody was " aware, or in the least suspected it " The second division may conclude with the publication of his Homer ; comprising the incidents of... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 322 strani
...secrecy and fidelity in all their engagements were remarkable ; that poet, when the Sophy appeared, said of the author, " That he broke out like the " Irish...rebellion, three-score thousand strong, when nobody " in the least expected it." In no country in the world is treachery held more in detestation than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 strani
...his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked, " that he " broke out like the 'Iri.h rebellion, threescore " thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or " in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have had no propriety, had his poetical abilities been known before.... | |
 | William Gerard Hamilton - 1808 - 316 strani
...November thirteenth, 1755; when, to use the words of Waller, respecting his contemporary, Denham, " he broke out, like the Irish rebellion, three-score...when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it *." The debate arose on an Address to the Crown, in which the Minister took occasion to introduce an... | |
 | William Gerard Hamilton - 1808 - 314 strani
...November thirteenth, 1755 ; when, to use the words of Waller, respecting his contemporary, Denham, " he broke out, like the Irish rebellion, three-score...when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it *." The debate arose on an Address to the Crown, in which the Minister took occasion to introduce an... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 394 strani
...and was admired by all ingenious men, particularly by Edmund Waller of Beaconsfield, who then said of the author, that he broke out, like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, before any body was aware, or the least suspected it." Mr Malone adds, that the observation is more... | |
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This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller remarked, "that he broke out like the Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, when nobody was aware, or in the least suspected it ;" an observation which could have... 
