 As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but his dotages), I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself,...  The Works of Ben Jonson - ccxcv. lappuseautors: Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Bridget Ellen Burke - 1904 - 268 lapas
...cypress o'er the osier's shout." As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but...him the most learned and judicious writer which any theater ever had. He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed boldly... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Stearns Eliot - 1928 - 120 lapas
...to whose Character I am now arriv'd, if we look upon him while he was himself, (for his last Playes were but his dotages) I think him the most learned and judicious Writer which any Theater ever had. He 7 was a most severe Judge of himself as well as others. One cannot say he wanted... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 lapas
...English literature. CHAPTER TEN Drama from Jonson to the Closing of the Theaters As FOR JONSON, ... I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theatre ever had. . . . He was deeply conversant in the Ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed boldly from them. ... If I... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 lapas
...wit comes short of theirs. As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but...judge of himself as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works you find little to retrench or alter.... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 lapas
...wit comes short of theirs. 'As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but...judge of himself as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works you find little to retrench or alter.... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 2006 - 561 lapas
...Rinehart & Winston, 1953), 365: "As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but...and judicious writer which any theatre ever had." 5 Conventionally, the protasis, epistasis, and catastasis, were the first, second, and third parts... | |
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