 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 Seiten
...bounding steed ; So well in paint and stone they judged of merit : But kings in wit may want discerning spirit. 385 The hero William and the martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one pension'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben and surly Dennis swear, ' No Lord's anointed, but a Russian... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 Seiten
...steed ; 80 well in paint and stone they judge of merit : But kings in wit may want discerning spirit. 'er it flow, That tends to make one pension'd Quarles; Which made old Ben and surly Dennis swear, 'No 1-ord's anointed, but a Russian bear.'... | |
 | 1837 - 598 Seiten
...should number him among the monarchs who made blunders in literary patronage. You know Pope says— ' The Hero William, and the Martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles.t So let the intention sanctify the error, if there should be one, on. * See Moliere's... | |
 | 1838 - 950 Seiten
...asserts the same thing; and probably had grounds for it, although he does not give his authority : " The hero William, and the martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarlcs." Antony Wood, in mentioning a publication of Dr. Burgess, which was abused by an... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 Seiten
...should number him among the monarchs who made blunders in literary patronage. You know Pope says — ' The Hero William, and the Martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one pension'd Quarles.'* So let the intention sanctify the error, if there should be one, on this great... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 454 Seiten
...should number him among the monarchs who made blunders in literary patronage. You know Pope says — ' The Hero William, and the Martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one peasion'd Quarles.'* So let the intention sanctify the error, if there should be one, on this great... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 Seiten
...estimate as that of Pope, who, speaking of the alleged injudicious patronage of literature, exclaims The hero William, and the martyr Charles, One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles; — or that of Dryden, who, actuated in some cases by political or personal animosities,... | |
 | 1846 - 602 Seiten
...he mistook Blackmore for a poet, and dubbed him Sir Richard for his bad epic called King Arthur. " The hero William and the martyr Charles . One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Queries." But here the rhyme occasioned an injustice, for QuKrles, though tedious at times,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1846 - 828 Seiten
...he mistook Blackmore for a poet, and dubbed him Sir Richard for his bad epic called King Arthur. " The hero William and the martyr Charles ; One knighted Blackmore and one pensioned Queries." But here the rhyme occasioned an injustice, for Quarles, though tedious at times,... | |
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Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit. 
