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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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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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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 - 712 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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A Manual of English Literature

Henry Morley - 1879 - 720 pages
...and quickness of wit in repartees no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humor, which Ben Jonsou derived from particular persons, they made it not...; 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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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...wild debaucheries, add quickness of repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have none. That humour1 which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons,...describe : they represented all the passions very lively (in a very lively manner), but, above all, love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived...
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Short Essays: Original and Selected, Etc

Short essays - 1885 - 208 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...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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An Outline Sketch of English Literature

Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 pages
...of their plays were acted for one of Shakspere's or Jonson's throughout the year, and he added, that they " understood and imitated the conversation of...debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees no poet can ever paint as they have done." Wild debauchery was certainly not the mark of a gentleman in Shakspere,...
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Beaumont & Fletcher: Ed, Volume 1

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1887 - 522 pages
...in His Humour. Their plots I were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, specially those ithat 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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An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

John Dryden - 1889 - 176 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 death * ; and they understood and imitated 1 treated of, A. the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness...
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