 | Orie Latham Hatcher - 1905 - 142 lapas
...praise of the letter's judgment, as being in matters pertaining to dramatic construction so accurate that "Ben Jonson while he lived submitted all his writings to his censure and 'tis thought used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving, all his plots." 4 On the other hand,... | |
 | Maurice Castelain - 1907 - 1012 lapas
...Ibid., III. 470. 1. {.Wrrwmxh, XVI. G.-C. III, 291. ï. C'est du moins ce que dit Dryden : « Beaumont.. being so accurate a judge of plays, that Ben Jonson, while he lived, submitted ail his writings to his censure, and 'tis thought, used his jndgment in correeting, if not coutriving... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 lapas
...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... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 lapas
...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... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1910 - 558 lapas
...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... | |
 | William Murison - 1910 - 416 lapas
...personal visit to the farm, you will be welcome and every facility will be shown you. 28. 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 all his plots. 29. These were the facts he adduced in... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 lapas
...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... | |
 | Mina Kerr - 1912 - 174 lapas
...Silent Woman and in 1611 on Catiline. However improbable may seem 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,'' 30 yet it is certainly... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 lapas
...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... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1914 - 502 lapas
...And whether there is any basis or not for the tradition handed down by Dryden l 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," — there is here... | |
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Beaumont and Fletcher, of whom I am next to speak, had, with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study; Beaumont especially being so accurate a judge of plays that Ben Jonson, while he lived,... 
