 | Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 406 strani
...inculcate the worfhip of God, the relative duties of hufbands, wive*, I 3*4 • The~Ui r*B ofConfidcred as a poet, Daniel De Foe is not fo eminent, as in...expreffions coarfe, and his numbers generally rough. He feems rather to have ftudied to fpeak truth, by probing wounds to the bottom, than, by embellifhing... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 718 strani
...with the vulgar for a want of harmony. " Considered as a poet," says Gibber, " Daniel De Foe is not so eminent as in a political light. He has taken no pains in versification ; his ideas are masculine, his expressions coarse, and his numbers generally rough. He... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 972 strani
...toe vulgar for a want of harmony. ' Considered as a poet,' says Cibber, ' Daniel Do ï'-'я is not so eminent as in a political light. He has taken no pains in versification ; bis ideas are masculine, his expressions coarse, and his numbers generally rough. He... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Hazlitt - 1840 - 784 strani
...with the vulgar for a want of harmony. ' Considered as a poet,' says Gibber, ' Daniel De Foe is not so eminent as in a political light. He has taken no pains in versification ; his ideas are masculine, his expressions coarse, and his numbers generally rough. He... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 strani
...the kingdom, which indeed was his chief study. . . . Considered as a poet, Daniel De Foe is not so eminent, as in a political light : he has taken no pains in versification ; his ideas are masculine, his expressions coarse, and his numbers generally rough. He... | |
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Considered as a poet, Daniel De Foe is not so eminent, as in a political light: he has taken no pains in versification; his ideas are masculine, his expressions coarse, and his numbers generally rough. He seems rather to have studied to speak truth, by... 