 | John James Munro - 1909 - 626 strani
...especially those which they writ first, (for even that age refin'd itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which, in...Pericles, Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear" (Conquest of Granada, ii. 174). But not only have we refined the language of those rough... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1909 - 678 strani
...SP1NOARN III I Mr. Shakespear1 's Plots, he says they were lame,1 and that 'many of them were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent Story, which in...many times took up the business of an Age. I suppose (says he) I need not name Pericles Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear ; 5 Besides... | |
 | 1909 - 384 strani
...other.' Speaking of Mr. Shakespear's Plots, he says they were lame, 1 and that 'many of them were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent Story, which in...many times took up the business of an Age. I suppose (says he) I need not name Per1cles Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear; 5 Besides... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 172 strani
...contemporaries of Etherege. Dryden singles it out, with the English histories collectively, as a type of the "ridiculous incoherent story which in one play many times took up the business of an age"; and in an unfortunate, but often-quoted, line used it to illustrate the contention that no first plays... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1909 - 388 strani
...incoherent Story, which in one Play many times took up the business of an Age. I suppose (says he) I need not name Pericles Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear; 5 Besides many of the rest, as the Winters Tale, Love's Labour lost, Measure for Measure,... | |
 | John Dryden, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1910 - 570 strani
...especially those which they writ first (for even that age refin'd itself in some 20 measure), were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which in...Pericles, Prince of Tyre, nor the historical plays of Shakepere; besides many of the rest, as The Winter's Tale, Love's Labor Lost, Measure for Measure,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1906 - 252 strani
...House. As a set-off to Sir Walter Cope, the next reference is to John Dryden, 1672 (Ingleby, p. 351): "I suppose I need not name Pericles, Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespeare. Besides many of the rest, as the Winter's Tale, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure,... | |
 | W. F. Bolton - 1966 - 244 strani
...especially those which they writ first, (for even that Age refin'd itself in some measure,) were made up of some ridiculous, incoherent story, which, in...Pericles Prince of Tyre, nor the Historical Plays of Shakespear. Besides many of the rest as the Winters Tale, Love's labour lost, Measure for Measure,... | |
 | Lois E. Bueler - 2001 - 332 strani
...ignorant in which they lived. . . . Witness the lameness of their plots, many of which . . . 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's Lost, Measure for Measure,... | |
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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.... 
