 Wit, and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the Drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of his scenes,...  The Works of Ben Jonson - ccxcv. oldalszerző: Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | John Dryden - 1800
...alter. Wit, and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his...any •who preceded him. You seldom find him making Jove in any of his scenes, or endeavouring to move the passions; his genius was too sullen and saturnine... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 596 oldal
...alter. Wit, and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his...strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You eeldom find him making love in any of his (scenes, or endeavouring to move the passions ; his genius... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807
...alter. Wit, and language, and humour, also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his...seldom find him making love in any of his scenes, of endeavouring to move the passions ; his genius was too sullen and saturnine to do 'it gracefully,... | |
 | Manual - 1809
...alter. Wit, and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him; but something of art was wanting to the drama till he came. He managed his...strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You regularity and taste of the French drama. Hence the plays of our immortal bard, who so boldly broke... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812
...Wit and language, and humour alfo in some measure, we bad ' before him ; but something of ' art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his...especially when he knew he ' came after those who had per' formed both to such a height. ' Humour was his proper sphere, ' and in that he delighted most... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812
..."before him; but something of " art was wanting to the drama, " till he came. He managed bis " strengt!; to more advantage than " any who preceded him. You...seldom find him making love " in any of his scenes, or endea" vouring to move the passions ; " his genius was too sullen and " saturnine to do it gracefully,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812
...alter. Wit and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any wb,o preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of his scenes, or endeavouring to move the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812
...alter. Wit and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than anj who preceded him. Yon seldom find him making love in any of bis scenes, or endeavouring to move... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813
...Wit, and language, and humour, also in. some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his...seldom find him making love in any of his scenes, or endeavouring'to move .the passions ; his genius was too sullen and saturnine to do it gracefully, especially... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816
...makes comedy pleasant, he was defective. " You seldom," observes the great critic last mentioned, " find him making love in any of his scenes, or endeavouring...was too sullen and saturnine, to do it gracefully." And even his peculiar 'humour he drew rather from conceptions of ridiculous character formed in his... | |
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