 | 1797 - 522 lehte
...his langnagr, 'twas that he weav'dittooclofely and l:iboriouily in his ferious plays : peril. ip1-, too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he tranflated as much Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly followed the idiom of their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 lehte
...in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakspeare, I must acknowledge... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 lehte
...in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weavcd it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially: perhaps too, he did a...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakspcare, I must acknowledge... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 lehte
...in him. If there was any fault in his language, 'twas that he weaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, be did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If 1 t would compare him .with Shakspeare, I must... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 lehte
...in his comedies especially : perhaps too, "Tie did a littli too much Romanize our-tongue, leav- ing the words which he translated almost as much Latin...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough cornply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakepeare, I must acknowledge... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 lehte
...he vreaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too, he did a littl; too much Romanize o.ur tongue, leaving the words which he translated almost as mach Latin as he found them ; wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 lehte
...was, that he weaved it too closely VOL. xv. z and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhap* too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue,...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakespeare, I must acknowledge... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 lehte
...him. If there was any fault in his language, it was that he wcaved it too closely and laboriously, in his comedies especially : perhaps too he did a...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. If I would compare him with Shakespeare, I must acknowledge... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 lehte
...well as in many others, Jonson has verified the remark of Mr. Dryden, who says of him, that perhaps he did a little too much romanize our tongue, leaving...wherein, though he learnedly followed their language, he did not enough comply with the idiom of ours. What follows, to the conclusion of the speech, is... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 lehte
...others, Jonson lias ver tied the remark of Mr. Dryden, who says of him, that perhaps he did a Uttletoo much romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he translated, almost as much Latin as he tound them; wherein, though he learnedly followed thcirlanguage, he did not enough comply with the... | |
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Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies, we had seen less of it than in him. If there was any fault in his language... 
