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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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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...before he writ "Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, s the sphere for men. Where heroes war, the foremost...Unless to one you stint the flame. The child whom many 1 which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe: they...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 pages
...before he writ "Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, leasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them,...would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems Humour,1 which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe...
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A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 pages
...especially those which were made before Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated the [So e swam the Eske River where ford there But ere Humor, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe;...
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Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the ...

John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 860 pages
...Kleti/her : "They understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better [than Shakespeare] ; y Tatlock ... I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection." The Wild-Goose...
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A Book of English Literature, Volume 1

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 468 pages
...before he writ Every Man in his Humor. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated the [80 conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees,...
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An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

John Dryden - 1922 - 212 pages
...conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in reparties, no poet before them could paint * as they have done. Humour, which' Ben Johnson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe : 5 they represented...
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An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

John Dryden - 1922 - 212 pages
...conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in reparties, no poet before them could paint * as they have done. Humour, which 2 Ben Johnson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe: 5 they...
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Literature and Life, Book 4

Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1929 - 808 pages
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English Prose and Poetry

John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 930 pages
...before he writ "Every Man in his Humour." Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, hy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, Humour,1 which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe...
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Beaumont and Fletcher on the Restoration Stage

Arthur Colby Sprague - 1926 - 344 pages
...Restoration comedy. Dryden,, in comparing Beaumont and Fletcher with Shakespeare, found that the former "understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen...no poet before them could paint as they have done." ' And I am afraid that Mirabel, and Thomas, and Don John must acknowledge their paternity in the case...
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