 | John Dryden - 1889 - 208 pages
...of wit in reparties, no poet before them could paint1 as they have done. Humour, which2 Ben Johnson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe : 5 they represented all the passions very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the English... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1890 - 730 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. Humour,14 which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 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 h:ive done." .Wild debauchery was certainly not the mark of a gentleman in Shakspere,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1892 - 428 pages
...Howe, in his " Life of Shakespeare," quote the same anecdote. * [First edition, " treated of."— ED.] which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they...before them could paint* as they have done. Humour, t which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe : they... | |
 | John Dryden - 1892 - 428 pages
...hi i " Life of Shakespeare," quote the same anecdote. * [First edition, " treated of."— ED.] i ' : which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they...before them could paint* as they have done. Humour, t which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe : they... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 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... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 328 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,... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1895 - 488 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 "... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 224 pages
...and imitated the conversation of gentlemc n much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quick- 25 ness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint...particular persons, they made it not their business to describei^hey represented all the passions very lively, but above all, love. I am 30 apt to believe... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 232 pages
...before he writ Every Man in 20 his Humour. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's...and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlerm n much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quick- 25 ness of wit in repartees, no poet before... | |
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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,... 
