 | Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
..."••'>- ' • -* In 170SJ, he, at the desire of Mr. Booth, wrote his first tragedy of " Elfrid ; or, The Fair Inconstant." This play was composed in...which account it is no wonder that it should be, as be' himself has described it, "an unpruued wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 346 pages
...less than a fortnight. Hill himself subsequently confessed it to be ' an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment.' Yet it was greeted with applause. Wishing to alone for its defects, he, after the lapse of twenty years,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...so that it is no wonder it should be, as he himself describes it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." He afterwards altered it considerably, and brought it out again under the title of ' Athelwold.' In... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 516 pages
...so that it is no wonder it should be, as he himself describes it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." He afterwards altered it considerably, and brought it out again under the title of ' Athelwold.' In... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 818 pages
...so that it is no wonder it should be, as he himself describes it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." He afterwards altered it considerably, and brought it out again under the title of ' Athelwold.' In... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Actors - 1865 - 438 pages
..."Elfrid," written and condemned. The author allowed that it was " an unpruncd wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." At this time, Hill was a young fellow of four and twenty, with great experience and some reputation.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Actors - 1865 - 434 pages
..." Elfrid," written and condemned. The author allowed that it was " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." At this time, Hill was a young fellow of four and twenty, with great experience and some reputation.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John), John Doran - Actors - 1880 - 454 pages
..."Elfrid," written and condemned. The author allowed that it was " an unpruncd wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." At this time, Hill was a young fellow of four and twenty, with great experience and some reputation.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Actors - 1888 - 570 pages
..."Elfrid," written and condemned. The author allowed that it was " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves, but without any fruit of judgment." At this time, Hill was a young fellow of four and twenty, with great experience and some reputation.... | |
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This play was composed in little more than a week, on which account it is no wonder that it should be, as he himself has described it, "an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment. 
