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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 page than on David's canvas . Two of the most poetical passages in Ben Jonson , are the description of Echo in Cynthia's Revels , and the fine comparison of the mind to a temple , in the New Inn ; a play which , on the whole ...
... Jonson's page than on David's canvas . Two of the most poetical passages in Ben Jonson , are the description of Echo in Cynthia's Revels , and the fine comparison of the mind to a temple , in the New Inn ; a play which , on the whole ...
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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 | Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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