...Mature in dullness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; Cut ShadwcU's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail...

...spleen." Nothing can be falser than the idea intended to be conveyed in the following couplet : " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." Mr. Shadwell was far inferior to Dryden ; but Shadwell did not write nonsense. Many of his couxdies...

...Shadwell, of which he has given proof in his bitterest satire called Mac-Fleckno, where he says, " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, " But Shadwell never deviates into sense." Yet all \ve learn hence is, that a satirist never pays the least regard to truth when it interferes...

...dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in lull stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence,...Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no lay, His rising fogs prevail...

...alone of all my sons, was he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidityThe rest to some faint meaning may pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ; Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail...

...question, though his abilities have been so often contemned. Dryden, lashing him, says — " Others to some faint meaning make pretence, " But Shadwell never deviates into sense-." When the lord chamberlain was asked why he did not give the poet's crown to a superior genius, he replied,...

...Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. SO Some beams of wit on other souls may fall. Strike through, and make a lucid interval : But Shadwell's...

...most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; f Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense; • Note I. t Not* II. VOL, X. 2 E Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make...

...resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; "j" Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands...make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense ; * Note I. t Note II. VOL, x. % E Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make...

...resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; '(" Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands...pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense; * Note I. t N°te 1 1. VOL, X. 2 E Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make...