In his translations from Pindar, he [will not be denied to have reached] found the art of reaching all the obscurity of the Theban bard.'
Various Readings in the Life of CONGREVE.
'Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings.
It apparently [requires] pre-supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters.
Reciprocation of [similes] conceits.
The dialogue is quick and [various] sparkling.
Love for Love; a comedy [more drawn from life] of nearer alliance to life.
The general character of his miscellanies is, that they shew little wit and [no] little virtue.
[Perhaps] certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyrick poetry.'
Various Readings in the Life of TICKELL.