 ... 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...  Poetaster - Page xxxvby Ben Jonson - 1905 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 336 pages
...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." What does he mean by decoying? Jonson came voluntarily; at least he [Mr. Gifford] could not prove otherwise... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - Electronic book - 1833 - 336 pages
...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." Let us examine Gifford's accusation. What does he mean by decoying? Jonson came voluntarily; at least... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842
...sacrificed to an imaginary envy 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.™ When his play of a Silent Woman was first acted, ther was found verses after on the stage against him,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 54 pages
...sacrificed to an imaginary envy 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.01 When his play of a Silent Woman was first acted, ther was found verses after on the... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 122 pages
...worst. Oppressed with fantaisie, which hath ever mastered his reason, a generall desease in many Poets. His inventions are smooth and easie; but above all he excelleth in a Translation. When his play of a Silent Woman was first acted, ther was found verses after on the stage against him,... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - English drama - 1875 - 1247 pages
...worst. Oppressed with fantasie, which hath ever mastered his reason, a general! disease in many Poets. His inventions are smooth and easie ; but above all he excelleth in a Translation.' (Besides the above there is an ill-natured joke about Ben Jonson's plays, which Drummond probably had... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875
...here one by one carefully softened down from the harsher-sounding synonym es actually recorded. tions are smooth and easie ; but above all he excelleth in a Translation? When his play of a Silent Woman was first acted, ther was found verses after on the stage against kirn,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - English drama - 1875
...here one by one carefully softened down from the harsher-sounding synonymes actually recorded. tions are smooth and easie ; but above all he excelleth in a Translation? When his play of a Silent Woman was first acted, ther was found verses after on the stage against him,... | |
 | James Thomson - English literature - 1896 - 483 pages
...worst. Oppressed with fantasie, which hath over-mastered his reason, a generall disease in many Poets. His inventions are smooth and easie; but above all he excelleth in a Translation." This is indeed a bright testimonial from "your loving friend, WD," who had written two days before,... | |
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