 I would inform you, that this book, in all numbers, is not the same with that which was acted on the public stage; wherein a second pen •' had good share: in place of which, I have rather chosen to put weaker, and, no doubt, less pleasing, of mine own,...  Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the ... - Page 24by Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1908 - 1291 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Addington Symonds - 1898 - 216 pages
...pen. When Jonson had it printed in 1604, he gave the following warning to the reader in a preface : ' This book in all numbers is not the same with that...rather chosen to put weaker and no doubt less pleasing of mine own than to defraud so happy a genius of his right by my loathed usurpation.' Those who would... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1903 - 642 pages
...fact, however, being his own statement when Sejanus was published in 1605 : — I would inform you that this book in all numbers is not the same with...chosen to put weaker, and no doubt less pleasing, of mine own than to defraud so happy a genius of his right by my loathed usurpation. Since the main... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...my inventions," etc. (Farmer). Sejanus. See Jonson's 'To the Readers': "Lastly, I would inform you that this book, in all numbers, is not the same with...chosen to put weaker, and, no doubt, less pleasing, of mine own, than to defraud so happy a genius of his right by my loathed usurpation." Jonson is supposed... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pages
...my inventions," etc. (Farmer). Sejanus. See Jonson's ' To the Readers': " Lastly, I would inform you that this book, in all numbers, is not the same with...chosen to put weaker, and, no doubt, less pleasing, of mine own, than to defraud so happy a genius of his right by my loathed usurpation." Jonson is supposed... | |
 | Walter Begley - 1903 - 418 pages
...company at the Globe Theatre in 1603, we find from Ben Jonson's preface to the play, that it was " not the same with that which was acted on the public stage," the fact seeming to be that Shakespeare or some of the company, but Shakespeare for choice, had inserted... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1904 - 504 pages
...book, in all numbers, is not tht same ivith that which was acted on the public stage; wherein a sfcond pen had good share: in place of which I have rather...chosen to put •weaker, and, no doubt, less pleasing, of mine o~,vn, than to defraud so happy a gfnius of his right fry my loathed usurpation.* Wer war dieser... | |
 | Latham Davis - 1905 - 476 pages
...1603. Lastly, I would inform you, that this book, 1 [Sejanus] in all numbers, is not the same with'that which was acted on the public stage; wherein a second pen had® good share: in place of which, I have chosen to put weaker, and, no doubt, less pleasing of mine own, than to defraud so happy a genius 8... | |
 | Maurice Castelain - 1907 - 1012 pages
...passage de l'Avis aux Lecteurs, où il nous fait part de ce changement : « Lastly I would inform i,'n. that this book, in all numbers, is not the same with that which was acted on the public stage ; whercin a second pen had good sharc : in place of which, I have rather chosen to put weaker, and... | |
 | John James Munro - 1909 - 612 pages
...informe you, that this Booke, in all numbers, is not the same with that which was acted on the publike Stage, wherein a second Pen had good share : in place...I have rather chosen, to put weaker (and no doubt lesse pleasing) of mine own, then to defraud so happy a Genius of his right, by my lothed usurpation."... | |
 | John James Munro - 1909 - 626 pages
...Sheppard. Jonson says in the Preface to Sejanus (1605), — " Lastly I would informe you, that this Booke, in all numbers, is not the same with that which was acted on the publike Stage, wherein a second Pen had good share : in place of which I have rather chosen, to put... | |
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