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Ben Jonson only ( who , being versed in the learned languages , had been
taught the value of accuracy , ) appears to have superintended the publication of
his own dramatick pieces ; but were those of Lyly , Chapman , Marlow , or the ...
Ben Jonson only ( who , being versed in the learned languages , had been
taught the value of accuracy , ) appears to have superintended the publication of
his own dramatick pieces ; but were those of Lyly , Chapman , Marlow , or the ...
Page 57
... his performances in general were written more happily and with greater art ; or
( to use the words of Dr. Johnson ) u that however favoured by nature , he could
only impart what he had learned , and as he must increase his ideas , like other ...
... his performances in general were written more happily and with greater art ; or
( to use the words of Dr. Johnson ) u that however favoured by nature , he could
only impart what he had learned , and as he must increase his ideas , like other ...
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On the other hand fome little difficulty arises from the line - “ And doth the
learneds ' talk upon him take ; " for our poet certainly had no title to that epithet .
Spenser , however , might have used it in an appropriated sense , learned in all
the ...
On the other hand fome little difficulty arises from the line - “ And doth the
learneds ' talk upon him take ; " for our poet certainly had no title to that epithet .
Spenser , however , might have used it in an appropriated sense , learned in all
the ...
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3 Through the whole piece , the more 3 The learned editor of Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales , printed in 1775 , observes in his introductory discourse , ( Vol .
IV . p . 161 , ) that Pluto and Proserpina in the Marchant's Tale ' appear to have
been the ...
3 Through the whole piece , the more 3 The learned editor of Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales , printed in 1775 , observes in his introductory discourse , ( Vol .
IV . p . 161 , ) that Pluto and Proserpina in the Marchant's Tale ' appear to have
been the ...
Page 92
He was imperceptibly infected with the prevailing mode in these his early
compositions ; but foon learned to " deviate boldly from the common track , " left
by preceding writers . A play with the same title as that before us , was exhibited
at Gray's ...
He was imperceptibly infected with the prevailing mode in these his early
compositions ; but foon learned to " deviate boldly from the common track , " left
by preceding writers . A play with the same title as that before us , was exhibited
at Gray's ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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