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Page xxx
... must have been largely composed after the appearance of Poetaster which it parodies . And , as Dekker ( Works , 1873 , I. 202 ) scoffs at even the fifteen weeks devoted to Poetaster as too long a time , he must himself be under- stood ...
... must have been largely composed after the appearance of Poetaster which it parodies . And , as Dekker ( Works , 1873 , I. 202 ) scoffs at even the fifteen weeks devoted to Poetaster as too long a time , he must himself be under- stood ...
Page xxxi
... must have produced something more than a mere translation of Horace , Sat. 1. 9. Jonson has contributed to the interest and the dramatic effect by his eleven preliminary lines , including the lyric , which is graceful and in charac- ter ...
... must have produced something more than a mere translation of Horace , Sat. 1. 9. Jonson has contributed to the interest and the dramatic effect by his eleven preliminary lines , including the lyric , which is graceful and in charac- ter ...
Page xxxv
... must be allowed some merit . It was not a general view of an author's sense which contented the writers of those times : they aspired to give his precise words , without addition or dimi- nution ; and unfortunately attempted to do it ...
... must be allowed some merit . It was not a general view of an author's sense which contented the writers of those times : they aspired to give his precise words , without addition or dimi- nution ; and unfortunately attempted to do it ...
Page xxxvi
... must forever exclude it from sober comparison with such a drama as the Frogs . 5. 3. 332-349 . Several critics have noted that the source of this tirade against Demetrius is Horace , Sat. 1. 4. 78–85 . Line 85 of the satire , Hic niger ...
... must forever exclude it from sober comparison with such a drama as the Frogs . 5. 3. 332-349 . Several critics have noted that the source of this tirade against Demetrius is Horace , Sat. 1. 4. 78–85 . Line 85 of the satire , Hic niger ...
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... must , in your allowance , o'erweigh a whole theatre of others . " - Hamlet . After all , Jonson's words are little more than a translation from Cicero , to whom he was much more likely to be indebted than to any contemporary whatever ...
... must , in your allowance , o'erweigh a whole theatre of others . " - Hamlet . After all , Jonson's words are little more than a translation from Cicero , to whom he was much more likely to be indebted than to any contemporary whatever ...
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