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Page 33
... Jonson . He does indeed resemble Jonson in his respect for craftsmanship , in his venera- tion of the classics , and even in some of his turns and phrases , but where he most resembles him is in his lofty conception of the poet and of ...
... Jonson . He does indeed resemble Jonson in his respect for craftsmanship , in his venera- tion of the classics , and even in some of his turns and phrases , but where he most resembles him is in his lofty conception of the poet and of ...
Page 77
... Jonson appropriated phrases from the classics rather than from English poets ; and in Donne's poetry there is almost nothing and in Jonson's poetry very little of what , even in a wide sense , may be called poetic diction . Description ...
... Jonson appropriated phrases from the classics rather than from English poets ; and in Donne's poetry there is almost nothing and in Jonson's poetry very little of what , even in a wide sense , may be called poetic diction . Description ...
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... Jonson to compose an entertainment to welcome them . This entertainment , which Jonson , when he published it , entitled The Satyr , is pleasant enough to read , although , like so many of Jonson's entertainments and masques , as pure ...
... Jonson to compose an entertainment to welcome them . This entertainment , which Jonson , when he published it , entitled The Satyr , is pleasant enough to read , although , like so many of Jonson's entertainments and masques , as pure ...
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Preface by Geoffrey Tillotson | 7 |
Some remarks on seventeenthcentury poetry | 22 |
The Latin poems | 40 |
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