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" Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees,... "
Bits of books, from old and modern authors, for railway travellers - Page 32
by Bits - 1847 - 72 pages
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...before he writ " Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's...repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have 472 BRVDEfr. done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...before he writ " Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's...,whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in iv 'partees, no poet before them eould paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...before he writ " Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's...no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humouv, * which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe...
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Observations on our principal dramatic authors. The school for husbands, a ...

James Mason - 1809 - 566 pages
...comic talents on drunken sailors, clowns, constables, and watchmen. " They understood," says Dryden, " and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better,...debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done." This panegyric may sufficiently account for the preference given...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...before he wrote Every Man in his Humour. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated I he- conversation of gentlemen much better, whose wild debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees,...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 pages
...Man in his Humour. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death. And they understood...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made...
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Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...Man in his Humour. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death. And they understood...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made...
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: In Fourteen Volumes: with an ..., Volume 1

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...Man in his Humour: Their plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death: And they understood...better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wife in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...regular than '' ul!; Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and tUey understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen...better, whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. That humour which Ben Jonson derived from particular...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 546 pages
...before he writ " Every Man in his Humour." . Their plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's...wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, HO poet before them could paint as they have \ done. Humour, which Een. Jonson derived from particular...
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