...American phrase, " annexed " them. " He has done his robberies so openly," says Dryden, " that one sees he fears not to be taxed by any law. He invades authors like a monarch, and what would be theft in any other poet is only victory in him." One incident connected with the bringing out of Sejanus should...

...Uramatic Poesy, " among the Roman authors of those times, whom he has not translated in Scjanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly,...be theft in other poets, is only victory in him," &c. Everything can be defended or excused in such a manner. 4 Compare Chapman, The Iliad of Homer,...

...Arbiter, Seneca, and Juvenal had their own from him, there are few serious thoughts which are new in him. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one...would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.' * Another general point to notice is that, though a < <§&, careful observer and minute recorder, Jonson...

...poet or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in Sejanus and Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly,...to be taxed by any law. He invades authors like a monaich ; and what would be theft in other poets, is only victory in him. With the spoils of these...

...learned plagiary of the classic writers,' says Dryden, 'you track him everywhere in their snow .... he invades authors like a monarch, and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him .... I admire him, but I love Shakspere.' Perhaps this last sentiment is shared by the majority of...

...author Most writers steal a good thing when they can. Bryan Waller Proctor (1787-1874) English poet He invades authors like a monarch, and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist o/BenJonson When you take stuff from one writer, it's...

...Freud and his followers, I detect no trace of anxiety in her, for to paraphrase Dryden on Jonson, she 'invades Authors like a Monarch, and what would be theft in other Poets, is only victory in her' (Of Dramatick Poesie, p. 90). Every detail of my argument may not strike others as forcefully...

...historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in Selanus and Cataiine. But he has done his robberies so openly, that one...victory in him, With the spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rite, ceremonies and customs, that if one of their poets had written...

...theme of restoration, and particularly with the restoration of a monarch. He calls Jonson "monarchic": "He invades authors like a monarch and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him" (pp. 1 1 1-12). Dryden finds in Epicoene an emblem for the return of the muses who have been buried...

...in the metaphorical organisation of Dryden's Prefaces: Crites 'is a very Leveller in poetry'; Jonson 'invades authors like a monarch, and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him'. The exclusive hyper-royalist 1660s theatre of Dryden, Killigrew and Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, did...