O that Ben Jonson is a pestilent fellow ; he brought up Horace, giving the poets a pill ; but our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge, that made him bewray his credit. Poetaster - Page lxxviiby Ben Jonson - 1616 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...talke too much of Prosperpina and Jupiter. Why heres our fellow Shakespeare puts them all downe, I, and Ben Jonson too. O that Ben Jonson is a pestilent...Shakespeare hath given him a purge, that made him beray bis credit. />'.•.<;, Its a shrewd fellow indeed ; I wonder these schollers stay so long, they... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 546 pages
...smell too much of that writer, Ovid, and that writer Metamorphosis, and talk too much of Proserpine and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts...given him a purge that made him bewray his credit." To this, Burbage, who seems somewhat ashamed of his associate, merely replies, " It's a shrewd fellow,... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 538 pages
...Metamorphosis, and talk too much of Proserpine and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts the mall down : ay, and Ben Jonson too. O that Ben Jonson is...fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made hmi bewray his credit." To this, Burbage, who seems somewhat ashamed of his associate, merely replies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...quarrel between him and Shakespeare. "Why here's our fellow Shakespeare put them [the university poets] all down, ay, and Ben Jonson too. O, that Ben Jonson...Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray iits credit." Fuller, wlm was a diligent inquirer, and lived near enough the time to be well informed,... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1838 - 1200 pages
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| Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1846 - 362 pages
...too. O! that Ben Jonson is a pestilent fellow : he brought up Horace, giving the poets a pill, hut our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray his credit. Burbadge observes, " It is a shrewd fellow, indeed ;" and just afterwards, Studioso and Philomusus... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Dramatists, English - 1848 - 378 pages
...all down ; ay, and Ben Jonson too. O, that Ben Jonson is a pestilent fellow ; he brought up Horaee giving the poets a pill, but our fellow Shakespeare hath given him a purge that made him bewray his eredit." P. 298. The following eurious aneedote oeeurs in ' Joeabella, or a Cabinet of Coneeits,' 1640,... | |
| John Payne Collier - Actors - 1853 - 676 pages
...talk too much of Proserpina and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts them all down ; aye, and Ben Jonson too. O ! that Ben Jonson is a pestilent...given him a purge that made him bewray his credit. Burbadge observes, " It is a shrewd fellow, indeed ;" and just afterwards, Studioso and Philomusus... | |
| 1853 - 352 pages
...too much of Proserpina and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts them j. all down; aye, and Ben Jonson too. O! that Ben Jonson is a pestilent...given him a purge that made him bewray his credit. Burbadge observes, " It is a shrewd fellow, indeed;" and just afterwards, Studioso and Philomusus enter,... | |
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