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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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A First Sketch of English Literature

Henry Morley - 1873 - 964 pages
...conversation of gentlemen whose wild debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson...; they represented all the passions very lively." So Beaumont and Fletcher were praised by Dryden in the time of Charles II., when their plays were "the...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 7

1873 - 808 pages
...highest perfection.' ' Their plots were generally moro regular than Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood...imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better.' . . . Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage ; two of theirs...
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Every Saturday

1873 - 740 pages
...highest perfection." " Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood...imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better. . . . Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage ; two of theirs...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 87

1873 - 822 pages
...highest perfection.' ' Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood...imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better.' . . . Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage ; two of theirs...
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Readings in English literature, prose

English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those which were written before Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated...much better, whose wild debaucheries and quickness of repartee no poet can ever paint as they have done. That humour which Ben Jonson derived from particular...
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Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie, Volume 8

1963 - 690 pages
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An English Garner: The expedition into Scotland of the most worthily ...

Edward Arber - 1877 - 668 pages
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A Manual of English Literature

Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 pages
...wild debaucheries and <|uiekness of wit in repartees no poet can ever paint an they Imvo done. Humor, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons,...describe; they represented all the passions very lively." So Beaumont nnd Fletcher were praised by Dryden in the time of Charles II., when their plays were "...
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A Manual of English Literature

Henry Morley - 1879 - 722 pages
...debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees no poet can ever paint as they havo done. Humor, winch Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made...describe; they represented all the passions very lively." So Beaumont and Fletcher were praised by Dryden in the time of Charles II., when their plays were "...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...plots were generally more regular than Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beanmont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild debancheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done....
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