| Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant - 1927 - 596 sivua
...Sad Shepherd, and The Devil Is an Ass — on the strength of Dryden's statement that "Beaumont was so accurate a judge of plays, that Ben Jonson, while...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots," supported as it is... | |
| 1873 - 882 sivua
...with the advantage of Shake•peare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts, improved by study ; Beaumont, especially, being so accurate a...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure." " I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection." " Their plots... | |
| Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 sivua
...with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study; Beaumont especially being so accurate a judge...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgement in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots. What value he had... | |
| John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 sivua
...with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study, — Beaumont especially being so accurate a...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots. What value he had... | |
| John Dryden - 312 sivua
...the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which • was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study, — Beaumont especially being so accurate a...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots. What value he had... | |
| S. L. Edwards - 1953 - 220 sivua
...with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts, improved by study; Beaumont especially being so accurate a judge...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots. What value he had... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1873 - 810 sivua
...with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts, improvei by study; Beaumont, especially, being so accurate a judge...Jonson, while he lived, submitted all his writings to Li; censure.' 'I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection.'... | |
| A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1969 - 428 sivua
...which testify respect as well as affection. A tradition reported by Dryden tells us that Beaumont was so accurate a judge of plays, that Ben Jonson, while...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and 'tis thought used his judgement in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots. In the freedom of... | |
| 600 sivua
...classical learning which fully qualified him for the task w. — We are told by Dryden that " Beaumont was so accurate a judge of plays, that Ben Jonson, while...lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots x ". For this report... | |
| Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1897 - 588 sivua
...elevated, sublime, and tragic genius. Dryden tells us that ' he was so accurate a judge of plays that Jonson, while he lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not in contriving, all his plots.' Mr. Swinburne... | |
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