Selections in English Prose From Elizabeth to Victoria (1580-1880)
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" I cannot think so, and in confirmation of this view, I would refer to an excel- lent article on the " Discoveries, " by the poet Swinburne, in the Fortnightly Review for July, 1888, and to his " Study of Ben Jonson. " Mr. Saintsbury also shows a high appreciation of Jonson's prose style, in his " History of Eliza- bethan Literature" (pp. 218-220). XIII. 2. DEFENCE OF THE EPILOGUE, OR AH ESSAY ON THE DRAMATIC POETRY OF THE LAST AGE. [Written about 1670. ] THE promises of authors, that they wil...l write again, are, in effect, a threatening of their readers with some new imperti- nence ; and they, who perform not what they promise, will have their pardon on easy terms. It is from this consideration, that I could be glad to spare you the trouble, which I am now giving you, of a postscript, if I were not obliged, by many reasons, to write somewhat concerning our present plays, and those of our prede- cessors on the English stage. The truth is, I have so far engaged myself in a bold epilogue to this play, wherein I have somewhat taxed the former writing, that it was necessary for me either not to print it, or to shew that I could defend it.
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