Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... satire . Very soon after he came to Court he seems to have made himself feared as well as admired and loved . There was something terrible in his anger that amazed and frightened the butterflies of Whitehall . This brilliant young ...
... satire . Very soon after he came to Court he seems to have made himself feared as well as admired and loved . There was something terrible in his anger that amazed and frightened the butterflies of Whitehall . This brilliant young ...
Page 102
... satire is prepared to level them , for daring to please without their leave . But while they are so eager to destroy the fame of others , their ambition is manifest in their concernment ; some poem of their own is to be produced , and ...
... satire is prepared to level them , for daring to please without their leave . But while they are so eager to destroy the fame of others , their ambition is manifest in their concernment ; some poem of their own is to be produced , and ...
Page 168
... satire . Car Scroop ( ' the Knight o ' th ' wither'd Face ' ) , Mulgrave ( ' in fee with Dryden to be counted wise ' ) and ' sawcy Sheppard ' are all trounced . The god is asked to strike Dryden only ' with a gentle dart ' in order that ...
... satire . Car Scroop ( ' the Knight o ' th ' wither'd Face ' ) , Mulgrave ( ' in fee with Dryden to be counted wise ' ) and ' sawcy Sheppard ' are all trounced . The god is asked to strike Dryden only ' with a gentle dart ' in order that ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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