 He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems, especially in the amorous way, which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior, to any of...  The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley - Page 425by James Shirley - 1833 - 1 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...upon by the king [Charles I.] himself. ... lie was a person of pleasant and facetious wit, and made poems (especially in the amorous way), which, for...the fancy and the elegancy of the language in which the fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior, to any. of that time." Clarendon says that... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1901 - 812 pages
...was well he had a cup-bearer's place. —SUCKLING, SIR JOHN, 1637, A Sessions of the Poets. He was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made...least equal, if not superior to any of that time. —CLARENDON, LORD (EDWARD HYDE), 1674? Life, p. 9. One of the famed poets of his time for the charming... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner - Anthologies - 1902 - 422 pages
...Sir Kenelm Digby, Davenant, Charles Cotton, and also of Lord Clarendon; who writes: — "Carew was a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, and made...way) which for the sharpness of the fancy and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal, if not superior, to any... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1903 - 590 pages
...relations held in that age when majesty was beheld with the reverence it ought to be. He was a person of pleasant and facetious wit, and made many poems (especially in the amorous way), which for ihe sharpness of the fancy and the elegancy of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at... | |
 | Jack Dalglish - English poetry - 1961 - 196 pages
...much esteemed by the most eminent persons in the Court, and well looked upon by the King . . . He was a Person of a pleasant and facetious Wit, and made...many Poems (especially in the amorous Way) which for die Sharpness of the Fancy and the Elegancy of the Language . . . were at least equal, if not superior... | |
 | Kevin Sharpe, Kevin M. Sharpe - History - 1987 - 330 pages
...of his servant was echoed by many of Carew's contemporaries. Clarendon believed that Carew's poems 'for the Sharpness of the Fancy, and the Elegancy...were at least equal, if not superior to any of that Time'.25 Aurelian Townshend, a friend and fellow poet, praised Carew's 'sweete' verses, which he contrasted... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...amatory lyrics. His reputation grew in the 1620s, and a con tempo rarv wrote of Carew's verse that "the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegancy of the...least equal, if not superior to any of that time." His erotic poem of this time, "A Rapture," brought both censure and attention. A posthumous collection... | |
 | William Hugh Logan - English drama - 1872 - 474 pages
...account of his own life, describes him as a person of a pleasant and facetious wit, "and author of many poems (especially in the amorous way) which, for the sharpness of the fancy, and the elegance of the language in which that fancy was spread, were at least equal if not superior to any... | |
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