The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir, Volume 1G. and W. Nicol, 1816 - Dramatists, English |
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Page i
... written , would be neither a very long nor a very difficult task ; since I should have only to transcribe from former biographers the vague accounts which each , in succession , has taken from his predecessor ; and to season the whole ...
... written , would be neither a very long nor a very difficult task ; since I should have only to transcribe from former biographers the vague accounts which each , in succession , has taken from his predecessor ; and to season the whole ...
Page ii
... writing it correctly , though " some of his best friends " misspelt it ! This is produced , in the " Biographia Britannica , " as " an instance of that affectation which so strongly marks the poet's character . " But this perseve- rance ...
... writing it correctly , though " some of his best friends " misspelt it ! This is produced , in the " Biographia Britannica , " as " an instance of that affectation which so strongly marks the poet's character . " But this perseve- rance ...
Page iv
... written after the Re- storation . The very first poem in the book is addressed by the author to John , earl of Rutland , and his son , lord Roos , who was not born till both young Jonson and his father were dead ! Had Mr. Malone even ...
... written after the Re- storation . The very first poem in the book is addressed by the author to John , earl of Rutland , and his son , lord Roos , who was not born till both young Jonson and his father were dead ! Had Mr. Malone even ...
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... , and assisted him in writing his History of the World ; he also wrote some good lines explanatory of the grave frontispiece to that celebrated work . narrative of Jonson's life till he arrived at the age BEN JONSON . xi.
... , and assisted him in writing his History of the World ; he also wrote some good lines explanatory of the grave frontispiece to that celebrated work . narrative of Jonson's life till he arrived at the age BEN JONSON . xi.
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... writing penny books " in spunging - houses , are high in mirth , at the expense of the " bricklayer , " and ring the changes on the " hod and trowel , ” the " lime and mortar poet , " very successfully , and , ap- parently , very much ...
... writing penny books " in spunging - houses , are high in mirth , at the expense of the " bricklayer , " and ring the changes on the " hod and trowel , ” the " lime and mortar poet , " very successfully , and , ap- parently , very much ...
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Page 4 - To make a child now swaddled; to proceed Man, and then shoot up, in one beard and weed, Past threescore years ; or, with three rusty swords, And help of some few foot and half-foot words, Fight over York and Lancaster's long jars, And in the tyring-house bring wounds to scars.
Page cclvi - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page cccvi - A lily of a day Is fairer far in May; Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page ciii - The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Page vi - Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in arts, all that I know (How nothing's that); to whom my country owes The great renown and name wherewith she goes; Than thee the age sees not that thing more grave, More high, more holy, that she more would crave.
Page 66 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness.
Page 12 - I'd have you sober, and contain yourself, Not that your sail be bigger than your boat; But moderate your expenses now, at first, As you may keep the same proportion still: Nor stand so much on your gentility, Which is an airy and mere borrow'd thing, From dead men's dust and bones; and none of yours, Except you make, or hold it.
Page cclxxx - Shakespeare, who (taught by none) did first impart To Fletcher Wit, to labouring Jonson Art. He Monarch-like gave those his subjects law, And is that Nature which they paint and draw.
Page ccxcv - Wit, and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the Drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of his scenes, or endeavouring to move the passions ; his genius was too sullen and saturnine to do it gracefully, especially when he 10 knew he came after those who had performed both to such an height.
Page 156 - Here was enough to have infected the whole city, if it had not been taken in time.