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... Jonson often did in his most studied passages , forced from the sweat and labour of his brain . His style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , liberal , and unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes ...
... Jonson often did in his most studied passages , forced from the sweat and labour of his brain . His style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , liberal , and unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes ...
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... Jonson had no idea of decorum in his dramatic fictions , which Milton says is the principal thing , but went on ... Jonson would set about building a whole play upon . The directions for making love given by Truewit , the author's ...
... Jonson had no idea of decorum in his dramatic fictions , which Milton says is the principal thing , but went on ... Jonson would set about building a whole play upon . The directions for making love given by Truewit , the author's ...
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... Jonson's detached poetry I like much , as indeed I do all about him , except when he degraded himself by the laborious foolery ' of some of his farcical characters , which he could not deal with sportively , and only made stupid and ...
... Jonson's detached poetry I like much , as indeed I do all about him , except when he degraded himself by the laborious foolery ' of some of his farcical characters , which he could not deal with sportively , and only made stupid and ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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