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... Jonson's prime . Among these dramatists the place of honour belongs by something more than the prerogative of age to GEORGE CHAPMAN , whose name is a familiar one in the history of our poetic literature . It is difficult to say whether ...
... Jonson's prime . Among these dramatists the place of honour belongs by something more than the prerogative of age to GEORGE CHAPMAN , whose name is a familiar one in the history of our poetic literature . It is difficult to say whether ...
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... Jonson ( though Jonson had no share in the passages objected to ) , he and Marston were im- prisoned ; and Jonson voluntarily joined them in their con- finement . The release of the poets was doubtless in part attributable to the favour ...
... Jonson ( though Jonson had no share in the passages objected to ) , he and Marston were im- prisoned ; and Jonson voluntarily joined them in their con- finement . The release of the poets was doubtless in part attributable to the favour ...
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... Jonson ' loved ' Chapman , knew a piece of his Iliads by heart , and averred that , next himself , ' only Fletcher and Chapman could make a mask 1 . ' Marston and Shirley were associated with him as playwrights . Webster speaks of him ...
... Jonson ' loved ' Chapman , knew a piece of his Iliads by heart , and averred that , next himself , ' only Fletcher and Chapman could make a mask 1 . ' Marston and Shirley were associated with him as playwrights . Webster speaks of him ...
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... Jonson's manner ; much of the dialogue is in Lyly's , but freer in form . 1 For it is written , ' she says , ' we must pass to perfection through all temp- tation , Abacucke the fourth . ' 2 Dowsecer's speech to Cicero , and the ...
... Jonson's manner ; much of the dialogue is in Lyly's , but freer in form . 1 For it is written , ' she says , ' we must pass to perfection through all temp- tation , Abacucke the fourth . ' 2 Dowsecer's speech to Cicero , and the ...
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... Jonson probably only contributed some touches , this may be the most appropriate place in which to speak of it . Marston , Eastward Hoe ( printed 1605 ) may be unhesitatingly Chapman , described as one of the liveliest and healthiest ...
... Jonson probably only contributed some touches , this may be the most appropriate place in which to speak of it . Marston , Eastward Hoe ( printed 1605 ) may be unhesitatingly Chapman , described as one of the liveliest and healthiest ...
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Page 230 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Page 527 - O gracious God! how far have we Profaned thy heavenly gift of Poesy! Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, Debased to each obscene and impious use, Whose harmony was first ordained above, For tongues of angels and for hymns of love!
Page 204 - All, all of a piece throughout ; Thy chase had a beast in view : Thy wars brought nothing about ; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.
Page 78 - Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from any parent. They are foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy musiC. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names ; which heightens their mysteriousness.
Page 77 - Those originate deeds of blood and begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body ; those have power over the soul.