 Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem: and in the last King's court, when Ben's reputation was at highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him the greater part of the courtiers, set our Shakespeare far above him.  An Essay of Dramatic Poesy - Page 68by John Dryden - 1922 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 pages
...before him, yet the age wherein he lived, " which had cotemporaries with him, Fletcher and " Jonson, never equalled them to him, in their esteem ; " and...last King's court, when Ben's reputation " was at the highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him " the greater part of the courtiers, set our Shakspere... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1876 - 572 pages
...into clenches. his serious swelling into bombast. . . . However, others are now generally preferred to him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him, Fletcher and Jonson never equall'd them to him in their esteem. And in the last King's Court, when Ben's reputation... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...writ, but he would produce it much better done in Shakspeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in the last king's court, when Ben's reputation... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...writ but he would produce it much better done in Shakspeare : and however others are now generally her the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm salacity o Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in the last king's court, when Ben's reputation... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...ever writ but he would produce it much better done in Shakspeare: and however others are now generally us the most correct plays, so in the precepts which he has laid down in his " Discove Fleteher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in the last king's court, when... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 pages
...before him, yet the age wherein he 20 lived, which had contemporaries with him, .Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem: and in...was at highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him the greater part of the courtiers, set our Shakespeare far above him. 25 DANIEL DEFOE. FROM MEMOIRS OF... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...preferred before him, yet the age wherein hs lived, which had contemporaries with him, Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in...was at highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him the greater part of the courtiers, set oui Shakspere far above him. As for Jonaon, if we look upon him... | |
 | 1880 - 784 pages
...while stating that in his own age Shakespeare was prized beyond all his contemporaries, and that " in the last King's court, when Ben's reputation was at highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him the greater part of the courtiers, set our Shakespeare far above him," Dryden admits that others were then... | |
 | Max Moltke, Shakespeare-museum - 1881 - 344 pages
...writ, but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare ; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem. And in the last King's court, when Ben's reputation... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1881 - 216 pages
...writ but he would produce it much better done in Shakespeare; and however others are now generally preferred before him, yet the age wherein he lived, which had contemporaries with him, Fletcher and Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem : and in the last king's court, when Ben's reputation... | |
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