 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pages
...their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays, which suits generally with all men's humours. Shakespeare's language is likewise a little obsolete, and Ben Jonson's wit comes short of theirs. 'As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for... | |
 | John Dryden - 312 pages
...their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays, which suits generally with all men's humours. Shakespeare's language is likewise a little obsolete, and Ben Jonson's wit comes short of theirs. "As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for... | |
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Shakespeare's or Jonson's: the reason is because there is a certain gaiety in their comedies, and pathos in their more serious plays which suits generally with all men's humours. Shakespeare's language is likewise a little obsolete, and Ben Jonson's wit... 
