 | John Dryden - 1900 - 412 lapas
...words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental 3. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage...being acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's 20 or Johnson's : the reason is, because there is a certain gaiety in their comedies, and pathos in... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 454 lapas
...through the year for one of Shakespeare's or Jonson's: the reason is because there is a certain gayety in their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays, which suits generally with all men's humors. Shakespeare's language is likewise a little obsolete, and Ben Jonson's wit comes short... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1912 - 1214 lapas
...Beaumont and Fletcher were praised by Dryden in the time of Charles II., when their plays were "the most end to procure sympathy for their virtues, and indulgence...foibles." 84. Walter Scott was a year younger than We shall see how in that later Stuart time The Maid'i Tragedy was dealt with. As first produced, in... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 510 lapas
...Jonson's, far less to accord them actual superiority. " Their •. plays," Dryden wrote, "are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage;...acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or of Jonson's." The preference for Fletcher at that time is perhaps not hard to explain. He is remarkahle... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 494 lapas
...Jonson's, far less to accord them actual superiority. " Their plays," Dryden wrote, "are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage;...acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or of Jonson's." The preference for Fletcher at that time is perhaps not hard to explain. He is remarkable... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 448 lapas
...words have since been taken in are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage;...Jonson's: the reason is because there is a certain gayety in their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays, which suits generally with all men's... | |
 | 1903 - 434 lapas
...entertainments of the Stage ; two of theirs being acted through the year, for one of SHAKESPEARE'S or JOHNSON'S. The reason is because there is a certain Gaiety in...Comedies, and Pathos in their more serious Plays, which suit generally with all men's humours. SHAKESPEARE'S Language is likewise a little obsolete; and BEN.... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 lapas
...words have since been taken in are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage;...acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or Jonsons : the reason is because there is a certain gaiety in their comedies, ami pathos in their more... | |
 | 1873 - 882 lapas
...understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better. . . . Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage...; the reason is, because there is a certain gaiety iu their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays, which suits generally with all men's humours.... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - 1991 - 332 lapas
...words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental, Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage:...acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or fonson's: the reason is, because there is a certain gaiety in their comedies, and pathos in their more... | |
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Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage; two of theirs being acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or Jonson's... 
