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Mellifluous Shakespeare , whose enchanting quill Commanded mirth or passion , was but Will . And famous Jonson , though his learned pen Be dipped in Castaly , is still but Ben . 20 30 Fletcher and Webster , of that learned pack None 544 ...
Mellifluous Shakespeare , whose enchanting quill Commanded mirth or passion , was but Will . And famous Jonson , though his learned pen Be dipped in Castaly , is still but Ben . 20 30 Fletcher and Webster , of that learned pack None 544 ...
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Truly , for myself , mesecms I see before mine eyes the lost child's disdainful prodigality , turned to envy a swine's dinner ; which by the learned divines are thought not historical acts , but instructing parables .
Truly , for myself , mesecms I see before mine eyes the lost child's disdainful prodigality , turned to envy a swine's dinner ; which by the learned divines are thought not historical acts , but instructing parables .
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His clear , crisp manner of writing seems to indicate that he had learned something from Jonson . Dryden's comment that no one else expressed so nearly ' the conversation of a gentle- man ' would have greatly pleased Suckling . close ...
His clear , crisp manner of writing seems to indicate that he had learned something from Jonson . Dryden's comment that no one else expressed so nearly ' the conversation of a gentle- man ' would have greatly pleased Suckling . close ...
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JOHN DAVIES OF HEREFORD 534 | 534 |
THOMAS HEYWOOD | 541 |
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT | 547 |
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