The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play ; with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper HeadsC. Whittingham, 1818 - 378 pages |
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... Jonson . " Heaven - born Genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature herself . " Mrs. Montagu . IT has been frequently and justly remarked that no department in the ...
... Jonson . " Heaven - born Genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature herself . " Mrs. Montagu . IT has been frequently and justly remarked that no department in the ...
Page xv
... Jonson correctly says , " He was not of an age , but for all time ; And all the Muses still were in their prime ; Where , like Apollo , he came forth to warm Our ears , or , like Mercury , to charm . " Whether his aim be to move the ...
... Jonson correctly says , " He was not of an age , but for all time ; And all the Muses still were in their prime ; Where , like Apollo , he came forth to warm Our ears , or , like Mercury , to charm . " Whether his aim be to move the ...
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... Jonson's play of Sejanus . Thus it is evident that he continued to perform many years : but of his merits as a player , we find no po- sitive data to found an accurate estimate , and hence there is much diversity of opinion among his ...
... Jonson's play of Sejanus . Thus it is evident that he continued to perform many years : but of his merits as a player , we find no po- sitive data to found an accurate estimate , and hence there is much diversity of opinion among his ...
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... Jonson ; but Dr. Farmer thinks , that though Jonson was arrogant of his scholarship , and publicly professed a rivalship of Shak- speare , he was in private his friend and associate . Pope , in his preface says , that Jonson " loved ...
... Jonson ; but Dr. Farmer thinks , that though Jonson was arrogant of his scholarship , and publicly professed a rivalship of Shak- speare , he was in private his friend and associate . Pope , in his preface says , that Jonson " loved ...
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... Jonson was never a harsh , or an envious rival of Shakspeare , and that the popular opinion on this sub- ject is founded in error . The following story respecting these two great dramatists is related by Rowe , and has been generally ...
... Jonson was never a harsh , or an envious rival of Shakspeare , and that the popular opinion on this sub- ject is founded in error . The following story respecting these two great dramatists is related by Rowe , and has been generally ...
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Ajax arms art thou bear beauty Ben Jonson blood bosom breath brow Brutus Cæsar cheek CORIOLANUS crown Cymbeline dead dear death deed doth dream ears earth eyes fair FALSTAFF father fear fire fool foul Francis Collins friends gentle give gods grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Iago Jonson king kiss Lady lips live Locrine London Prodigal look lord lov'd love's lover Macb Macd maid Malone melancholy Midsummer Night's Dream moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er passion pity play poet poor prince queen racters Robert Arden Shakspeare Shakspeare's shame sing sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit Stratford Susanna Hall swear sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tongue true vex'd virtue weep wife William D'Avenant wind woman words youth