The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The First Printed from the Text, Volumen1J. Stockdale, 1811 |
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... play : and hence it is , that the scene of action is generally placed abroad ; the principal characters are also foreign ; or to speak more truly , they are Englishmen disguised with foreign names for the manners of all the different ...
... play : and hence it is , that the scene of action is generally placed abroad ; the principal characters are also foreign ; or to speak more truly , they are Englishmen disguised with foreign names for the manners of all the different ...
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... play the humours of the under - characters are local , expressing not the manners of a Florentine , but the gulls and bullies of the times and country , in which the poet lived . And as it was thus represented on the stage , it was ...
... play the humours of the under - characters are local , expressing not the manners of a Florentine , but the gulls and bullies of the times and country , in which the poet lived . And as it was thus represented on the stage , it was ...
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... play , was to shew that Virgil and Horace , and every candidate for honest and fair fame , had their enemies and detractors , envious of them and of their writings ; and by these examples it is insinuated to the reader , that the ...
... play , was to shew that Virgil and Horace , and every candidate for honest and fair fame , had their enemies and detractors , envious of them and of their writings ; and by these examples it is insinuated to the reader , that the ...
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... play . But he was misled , as the learned critick judiciously adds , by the beauty which these speeches appeared to have in the original composition , without attending to the peculiar laws of the drama , and the indecorum it must needs ...
... play . But he was misled , as the learned critick judiciously adds , by the beauty which these speeches appeared to have in the original composition , without attending to the peculiar laws of the drama , and the indecorum it must needs ...
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... player were a topick of satire to Jonson's adversaries ; and they have mentioned some characters in which he appeared with ... play or two which neither added to his reputation or his profit . He was now offering another to the publick ...
... player were a topick of satire to Jonson's adversaries ; and they have mentioned some characters in which he appeared with ... play or two which neither added to his reputation or his profit . He was now offering another to the publick ...
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Página 485 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
Página 137 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever: Thou that mak'st...
Página vi - He 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...
Página 10 - As breath with life, or colour with the blood. But now, his course is so irregular, So loose, affected, and deprived of grace, And he himself withal so far fallen off From that first place, as scarce no note remains, To tell men's judgments where he lately stood. He's grown a stranger to all due respect, Forgetful of his friends ; and not content To stale himself in all societies, He makes my house here, common as a mart...
Página 238 - Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return; make knots, and undo them; Give forked counsel; take provoking gold On either hand, and put it up; these men, He knew, would thrive with their humility.
Página 447 - Busy. Only pig was not comprehended in my admonition, the rest were: for long hair, it is an ensign of pride, a banner; and the world is full of those banners, very full of banners. And bottle-ale is a drink of Satan's, a diet-drink of Satan's, devised to puff us up, and make us swell in this latter age of vanity; as the smoke of tobacco, to keep us in mist and error...
Página 343 - But raise you friends. Withal, to be of power To pay an army in the field, to buy The King of France out of his realms, or Spain Out of his Indies. What can you not do Against lords spiritual or temporal, That shall oppone* you? TRI. Verily, 'tis true. We may be temporal lords ourselves, I take it. SUB. You may be anything, and leave off to make Long-winded exercises; or suck up Your ha! and hum!
Página 324 - Sdeath, you abominable pair of stinkards, Leave off your barking, and grow one again, Or, by the light that shines, I'll cut your throats. I'll not be made a prey unto the marshal, For ne'er a snarling dog-bolt o
Página 485 - Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth. Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's star when it riseth. Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her.
Página 334 - I'll say unto my cook, There's gold, Go forth, and be a knight.