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" Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular... "
A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors - Page 120
by Manual - 1809
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 2

John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...has recorded in his ANECDOTES, asserted, that " Beaumont was not concerned in above and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild...the passions very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection ; what words have since...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 591 pages
...Spence has recorded in his ANECDOTES, asserted, that " Beaumont was not concerned in above imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild...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...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...that " Beaumont was not concerned in above and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much belter; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees,...the passions very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection ; what words have since...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's, death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild...the passions very lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection ; what words have since...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imi-tated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild...repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have 472 BRVDEfr. done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...Shakspeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; ,whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in iv 'partees, no poet before them eould paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben. Jonson derived from...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 432 pages
...Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild...no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humouv, * which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe...
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Observations on our principal dramatic authors. The school for husbands, a ...

James Mason - 1809 - 566 pages
...drunken sailors, clowns, constables, and watchmen. " They understood," says Dryden, " and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better, whose wild...debaucheries and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done." This panegyric may sufficiently account for the preference given...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson...the passions very lively, but above all love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection; what words have since...
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Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...Shakespeare's, especially those that were made before Beaumont's death. And they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild...debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made...
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