| Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 páginas
...particular Perfons, they made it not their Bufinefs to defcribe j they reprefented all the Paffions very lively, but above all Love. I am apt to believe the Englijh Language in them arrived to its higheft Perfection ; what Words have fince been taken in, are... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 454 páginas
...den, that even " Slialsspere's language is a little obsolete in compa" ri son of theirs ; and that the English language in " them arrived to its highest...perfection; what words " have since been taken in, being rather superfluous, " than necessary. " Pliilaster has always been esteemed one of the best productions... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 páginas
...particular perfons, they made it not their bufmefs to defcribe : they reprefented all the paflions very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the Englilh language in them arrived to its higheft perfection : what words have been taken in fince, are... | |
| 1797 - 522 páginas
...particular perfons, they made it not their bufmefs to lifCcribe : they reprelentcd all the pafllons very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the Englilh language in them arrived to its higheft perfection : what words have been taken in fince, arc... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 624 páginas
...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons,...perfection ; what words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 páginas
...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons,...perfection ; what words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 páginas
...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons,...represented all the passions very lively^ but above allj love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection ; what... | |
| William Godwin - 1805 - 360 páginas
...Dryden, who confesses himself "apt to believe, that the English language in tins l'i'.u . author author arrived to its highest perfection ; . what words have since been taken in be- ' ing rather superfluous than ornamental." Mary was roused in an extraordinary degree with the... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 páginas
...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from particular...perfection ; what words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 548 páginas
...and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have 472 BRVDEfr. done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from particular...perfection ; what words have since been taken in, are rather superfluous than ornamental. Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments... | |
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