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Page vi
... Ben Johnson getting poffeffion of the Stage , brought critical learning into vogue : And that this was not done without difficulty , may appear from those frequent leffons ( and indeed almoft Declamations ) which he was forced to prefix ...
... Ben Johnson getting poffeffion of the Stage , brought critical learning into vogue : And that this was not done without difficulty , may appear from those frequent leffons ( and indeed almoft Declamations ) which he was forced to prefix ...
Page x
... Ben Johnson's . The manners of other nations in general , the Egyptians , ay It drawn from Egyptians , Venetians , French , X The PRE FACE .
... Ben Johnson's . The manners of other nations in general , the Egyptians , ay It drawn from Egyptians , Venetians , French , X The PRE FACE .
Page xii
... Ben Johnson ; as they endeavoured to exalt the one at the expence of the other . It is ever the na ture of Parties to be in extremes ; and nothing is fo probable , as that because Ben Johnson had much the most learning , it was faid ...
... Ben Johnson ; as they endeavoured to exalt the one at the expence of the other . It is ever the na ture of Parties to be in extremes ; and nothing is fo probable , as that because Ben Johnson had much the most learning , it was faid ...
Page xiii
... Ben Johnson was introduced upon the Stage , and his firft works encouraged , by Shakespear . And after his death , that Au- thor writes To the memory of his beloved Mr. William Shakespear , which fhows as if the friendship had continued ...
... Ben Johnson was introduced upon the Stage , and his firft works encouraged , by Shakespear . And after his death , that Au- thor writes To the memory of his beloved Mr. William Shakespear , which fhows as if the friendship had continued ...
Page xiv
... Ben Johnson might indeed be spa- ring in his Commendations ( tho ' certainly he is not fo in this inftance ) partly from his own nature , and partly from judgment . For men of judgment think they do any man more service in praifing him ...
... Ben Johnson might indeed be spa- ring in his Commendations ( tho ' certainly he is not fo in this inftance ) partly from his own nature , and partly from judgment . For men of judgment think they do any man more service in praifing him ...
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