 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 344 Seiten
...and praise to give. That I not mix thee so, my brain excuses, I mean with great, but disproportioned Muses : For if I thought my judgment were of years,...surely with thy peers, And tell how far thou didst our Lily outshine, Or sporting Kyd, or Marlow's mighty line. And though thou hadst small Latin and less... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1892 - 316 Seiten
...praise to give. That I not mix thee so my brain excuses, — I mean with great, but disproportioned Muses ; For if I thought my judgment were of years,...with thy peers, And tell how far thou didst our Lyly 4 outshine, Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line. And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek,... | |
 | John Lyly, Frederick William Fairholt - 1892 - 342 Seiten
...considered to occupy, taking precedence of Kyd or Marlowe : — " It I thought my judgment were of yeares, I should commit thee surely with thy peers, And tell...outshine. Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line." Modern critics have been favourable to our author. Malone was enthusiastic in his praise ; Bishop Percy... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1892 - 1126 Seiten
...his sons, and had frank pride in their achievements. Of Shakespeare it was Ben Jonson who sang, 41 How far thou didst our Lyly outshine, Or sporting...mighty line. And though thou hadst small Latin and less GrecJc> From thence to honour thec I will not seek For names : but call forth thundering j£schylus,... | |
 | Mary R. Silsby - 1892 - 282 Seiten
...and praise to give. That I not mix thee so, my brain excuses ; I mean with great, but disproportion'd muses : For, if I thought my judgment were of years,...should commit thee surely with thy peers, And tell, how farre thou didst our Lyly outshine, Or sporting Kid, or Marlowe's mighty line, And though thou hadst... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 Seiten
...were of years,1 I should commit 2 thee surely with thy peers,8 And tell how far thou didst our Lily outshine, Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line....thou hadst small Latin and less Greek, From thence 4 to honor thee I will not seek For names, but call forth thund'ring Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles... | |
 | Thomas Archer - 1893 - 560 Seiten
...as " Sweet Will " and " My Shakespeare," as well as eulogising him in the lines which say : — "... How far thou didst our Lyly outshine, Or sporting...Latin and less Greek, From thence to honour thee I will not wok For names ; hut call forth thundering ^Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvins,... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 Seiten
...and praise to give. That 1 not mix thee so my brain excuses, 1 mean with great, but disproportioned Muses : For if I thought my judgment were of years,...thee, I would not seek For names : but call forth thund'ring /Eschylus, r Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life... | |
 | 1909 - 1132 Seiten
...The author of The Shakespeare Problem Restated mentions a new interpretation of Jonson's lines : ' And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek,...honour thee I would not seek For names, but call forth thund'ring Aeschylus,' etc. ' suggested by a learned German, Dr. Eonrad Meier,' who informs us that... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 Seiten
...he insists that he will finally account for Shakespeare's greatness: For if I thought my judgement were of years, I should commit thee surely with thy...outshine, Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line, (H&S 8:391) Is it Shakespeare or Jonson that we are asked to compare with Lyly, Kyd, and Marlowe? Or... | |
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Muses : For if I thought my judgment were of years, I should commit thee surely with thy peers, And tell how far thou didst our Lyly outshine. Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line. 
