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20 Our frie of writers , may beslime his fame , And giue his action that adulterate
name . Such ful - blowne vanitie he more doth lothe , Then base deie & tion :
There's a meane ' twixt both . Which with a constant firmeneffe he pursues , As
one ...
20 Our frie of writers , may beslime his fame , And giue his action that adulterate
name . Such ful - blowne vanitie he more doth lothe , Then base deie & tion :
There's a meane ' twixt both . Which with a constant firmeneffe he pursues , As
one ...
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The suffering plough - share , or the flint may weare : But heauenly poesie no
death can feare . Kings shall giue place to it , and kingly Mowes , Ouid . . . . 15. ]
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The suffering plough - share , or the flint may weare : But heauenly poesie no
death can feare . Kings shall giue place to it , and kingly Mowes , Ouid . . . . 15. ]
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Mee thinkes , if nothing else , yet this alone , the very reading of the publike edicts
should fright thee from commerce with them ; and giue thee distaste enough of
their actions . But this betrayes what a student you are : this argues your ...
Mee thinkes , if nothing else , yet this alone , the very reading of the publike edicts
should fright thee from commerce with them ; and giue thee distaste enough of
their actions . But this betrayes what a student you are : this argues your ...
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But could this diuinitie feed him , while he liu'd ? Could his name feast him ? Tvcc
. Or purchase him a Senators reuenue ? could it ? OviD fe . I , or giue him place in
the common 100 wealth ? worship , or attendants ? make him be carried in his ...
But could this diuinitie feed him , while he liu'd ? Could his name feast him ? Tvcc
. Or purchase him a Senators reuenue ? could it ? OviD fe . I , or giue him place in
the common 100 wealth ? worship , or attendants ? make him be carried in his ...
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And giue me stomacke to digest this law , 240 That should haue followed sure ,
had I beene he . O sacred poesie , thou spirit of artes , The foule of science , and
the queene of foules , What prophane violence , almost facriledge , Hath here ...
And giue me stomacke to digest this law , 240 That should haue followed sure ,
had I beene he . O sacred poesie , thou spirit of artes , The foule of science , and
the queene of foules , What prophane violence , almost facriledge , Hath here ...
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Page xc - O that Ben Jonson is a pestilent fellow, he brought up Horace giving the Poets a pill, but our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray his credit.
Page cii - Lastly, I would inform you, that this book, in all numbers, is not the same with that which was acted on the public stage ; wherein a second pen had good share...
Page 223 - Jonson) is a great lover and praiser of himself ; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest ; jealous of every word and action of those about him (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Page 216 - ... it. In his works you find little to retrench or alter. Wit, and language, and humour, also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of his scenes, or endeavouring to move the passions ; his genius was too sullen and saturnine to do it gracefully, especially when he 'knew he came after those who had performed both to such a height.
Page xliii - He had many quarrells with Marston, beat him, and took his pistol from him, wrote his Poetaster on him; the beginning of them were, that Marston represented him in the stage, in his youth given to venerie.
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Page 236 - There is still another place, built in the form of a theatre, which serves for the baiting of bulls and bears; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs, but not without great risk to the dogs, from the horns of the one and the teeth of the other; and it sometimes happens that they are killed upon the spot; fresh ones are immediately supplied in the places of those that are wounded or tired.
Page xxxv - ... either to gaine or keep. Vindicative, but if he be well answered, at himself, for any religion as being versed in both, interpreteth best sayings and deeds often to the worst: oppressed with fantasie, which hath ever mastered his reason, a generall disease in many poets. his inventions are smooth and easie, but above all he excelleth in a translation.
Page xc - It is said of the incomparable Virgil, that he brought forth his verses like a bear, and after formed them with licking.
Page 160 - Roger, thou know'st the length of my foot; as it is none of the biggest, so I thank God, it is handsome enough; prithee, let me have a pair of shoes made, cork, good Roger, wooden heel too.
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| Title | Poetaster, Issues 27-28 Microbook library of English literature Poetaster, Herbert Samuel Mallory Poetaster, Ben Jonson Issue 27 of Yale studies in English |
| Author | Ben Jonson |
| Editor | Herbert Samuel Mallory |
| Contributor | Herbert Samuel Mallory |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1905 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 282 pages |
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