 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 σελίδες
...obsolete, and Ben Jonsou's 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...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, as well as others.... | |
 | 1903 - 402 σελίδες
...J-Di«*£] LANGUAGE, THE PERFECTION OF ENGLISH. 87 As for JOHNSON, to whose character I am now arrived ; if we look upon him, while he was himself (for his...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, as well as others.... | |
 | Bridget Ellen Burke - 1904 - 268 σελίδες
...poets "As the tall 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...but his dotages), I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theater ever had. He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek and... | |
 | Martha Hale Shackford - 1908 - 496 σελίδες
...sentences, the kinds of sentences, and the diction. As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his...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, as well as others.... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 σελίδες
...some great occasion is presented to him. * * * As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arriv'd, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his...but his dotages) I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theater ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself as well as others.... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 570 σελίδες
...obsolete, and Ben Jonson's 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...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, as well as others.... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 σελίδες
...obsolete, and Ben Jonson's 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 his dotages,) t I think him the most learned and judicious1' writer wj1ich any theatre ever had. He was a ~~ most... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 σελίδες
...obsolete, and Ben Jonson's 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...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, as well as others.... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1912 - 594 σελίδες
...body and his mind." — Life of Edward Lord Clarendon, vol. i. 34, ed. 1827. 11 If we look upon JONSON 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 as well as others.... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 σελίδες
...obsolete, and Ben Jonson's 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...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, as well as others.... | |
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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,... 
