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Sir John Suckling   /sər dʒɑn sˈəklɪŋ/   Listen
Sir John Suckling

noun
1.
English poet and courtier (1609-1642).  Synonym: Suckling.






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"Sir John Suckling" Quotes from Famous Books



... explain whatever may be found in them too sublime for vulgar understandings. This, Sir, makes me presume to ask you, how the Hampstead hero's character could be perfectly new[1] when the last letters came away, and yet Sir John Suckling so well acquainted with it sixty years ago? I hope, Sir, you will not take this amiss: I can assure you, I have a profound respect for you; which makes me write this, with the same disposition with which Longinus bids us read ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Volume IX; • Jonathan Swift

... What mortal voice like to Shelley's? the hybrid angel! What full orchestra surpassed Coleridge for harmony and brilliancy of effect? Who paints panoramas like Southey? Who charms like Wordsworth? Yet these were men of medium condition, all—I hate the conceits of Cowley, Waller, Sir John Suckling, Carew, and the like. All of your Cavalier type, I believe, a set ...
— Sea and Shore - A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs" • Mrs. Catharine A. Warfield



Words linked to "Sir John Suckling" :   courtier, poet



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