 | Gerard Langbaine - 1691 - 626 strani
...be. j. (V) ijofttcnpt to Grenada, pag. 14^. ,(.V ind. Fag. 143. c many of them were made up of fbme ridiculous, incoherent Story, which in one Play, ' many times took up the bufinefs of an Age. 'I fuppofe (fays he) I need not name Pericles 'Prince of Tyre, nor the Hiflorical... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 strani
...especially those which they writ first,4 (for even that age refined itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which in...the principal English poets, with a view to improve his language, and to catch some of their " beautiful turns of words and thoughts." — I do not suppose... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 558 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...suppose I need not name Pericles, Prince of Tyre, [and here, bythe-by, Dryden expressly names Pericles as our author's production,] nor the historical... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 442 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...suppose I need not name, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, [and here, by-the-by, Dryden expressly names Pericles as our author's production,] nor the historical... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 576 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itielf in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...suppose I need not name, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, [and here, by-the-by, Dryden expressly names Pericles as our author's production,] nor the historical... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 454 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...the business of an age. I suppose I need not name, Ptricles, Prince of Tyre, [and here, by-the-by, Dryden expressly names Pi-rides as our author's production,]... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 370 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itself in some measure ,] were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one play many times tool* up the business of an age. I suppose I need iiot name Pericles, Prince of Tyre, [and here , -by-the-by... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 strani
...especially those which they writ first (for even that age refined itself in some measure), were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...Pericles, Prince of Tyre," nor the historical plays of Shakespeare : besides many of the rest, as the " Winter's Tale," " Love's Labour Lost," " Measure for... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1808 - 622 strani
...Prologue to The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, speaking of the early plays as notable for " some ridiculous incoherent story, which, in one play, many times took up the business of an age," supposes he " need not name Pericles, Prince of Tyre nor the historical plays of Shakespeare." In June,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 strani
...especially those which they wrote first, (for even that age refined itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one...suppose I need not name, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, [<uul here, by-tne-by, Dryden expressly names Pericles as our author's production,] nor the historical... | |
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Witness the lameness of their plots ; many of which, especially those which they writ first (for even that age refined itself in some measure), were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one play many times took up the business of an age.... 
