“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error ...
... Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error ...
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... Ben . stands foremost ; and some have held it sufficient to decide the controversy : in the warmest panegyrick ... Jonson * " Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is universally granted , it by no LEARNING OF ...
... Ben . stands foremost ; and some have held it sufficient to decide the controversy : in the warmest panegyrick ... Jonson * " Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is universally granted , it by no LEARNING OF ...
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... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
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... Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen . Take the famous one of Volumnia : " Should we be silent and not speak , our raiment " And state of bodies would bewray what life " We've led ...
... Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen . Take the famous one of Volumnia : " Should we be silent and not speak , our raiment " And state of bodies would bewray what life " We've led ...
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... Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our ...
... Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our ...
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