 | John Dryden - 1926 - 414 pages
...Humour. Their plots were generally more <fisg\i^: than Shakespeare's, especially those which were niaHe before Beaumont's death; and they understood, and...; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in re- w partees, no poet can ever paint 1 as they have done. Humour, which 2 Ben Johnson derived from... | |
 | Ohio State University - 1928 - 412 pages
...plays to a much higher degree of perfection than the French poets can reasonably hope to reach .... they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen...better, whose wild debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartee, no poet before them could paint as they have done. The clue to an understanding of Restoration... | |
 | John Dryden - 1932 - 226 pages
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 | John Dryden - 1932 - 226 pages
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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,... 
