 Witness the lameness of their plots ; many of which, especially those which they writ first (for even that age refined itself in some measure), were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one play many times took up the business of an age.  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 209by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - Criticism - 1909 - 678 pages
...pag. 146. SP1NOARN III I Mr. Shakespear1 's Plots, he says they were lame,1 and that 'many of them were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent Story,...many times took up the business of an Age. I suppose (says he) I need not name Pericles Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear ; 5 Besides... | |
 | John James Munro - 1909 - 612 pages
...was then, if not in its infancy among us, at least not arriv'd to its vigor and maturity : witness the lameness of their plots : many of which, especially those which they writ first, (for even that age refin'd itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which, in one play... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 172 pages
...contemporaries of Etherege. Dryden singles it out, with the English histories collectively, as a type of the "ridiculous incoherent story which in one play many times took up the business of an age"; and in an unfortunate, but often-quoted, line used it to illustrate the contention that no first plays... | |
 | John Dryden, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - English drama - 1910 - 582 pages
...Poetry was then, if not in its infancy among us. at least not arriv'd to its vigor and maturity. Witness the lameness of their plots; many of which, especially those which they writ first (for even that age refin'd itself in some 20 measure), were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which in one... | |
 | John Dryden - 1926 - 414 pages
...then, if not in its infancy among us, at least not 2 ° arrived to its vigour and maturity: witness the lameness of their plots; many of which, especially...ridiculous incoherent story, which in one play many tunes took 25 up the business of an age. I suppose I need not name Pericles, Prince of Tyre, nor the... | |
 | W. F. Bolton - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1966 - 244 pages
...Poetry was then, if not in its infancy among us, at least not arriv'd to its vigor and maturity: witness the lameness of their Plots: many of which, especially those which they writ first, (for even that Age refin'd itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which, in one Play... | |
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