 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 psl.
...language. All our ladies were then his scholars ; and that beauty in court who could not park Euphuism, was as little regarded, as she which now there speaks not French." •t So that learned and sapient monarch was pleased to call his skill in politics. had been gaining... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 472 psl.
...language. All our " ladies were then his scholars; and that beauty in court who " could not parle Euphuism, was as little regarded as she which " now there speaks not French." This extraordinary romance, so famous for its wit, so fashionable in the court of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 408 psl.
...Edward Blount *, " were his scholars ; and that beauty in court, which could not parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded as she which now there speaks not French :" in his title-page this gentleman styles him the witty, comical, facetiously-quick, and unparalleled... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 558 psl.
...to converse in that pure and reformed English, which he had formed his work to be the standard of, was as little regarded as she which now there speaks not French." According to Mr. Blount, Lilly was deserving of the highest encomiums. He styles him, in his title-page,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 552 psl.
...to converse in that pure and reformed English, which he had formed his work to be the standard of, was as little regarded as she which now there speaks not French." According to Mr. Blount, Lilly was deserving of the highest encomiums. He styles him, in his title-page,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1816 - 412 psl.
...Edward Blount *, " were his scholars; and that beauty in court, which could not parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded as she which now there speaks not French:" in his title-page this gentleman styles him the witty, comical, facetiously-quick, and unparalleled... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 psl.
...language. All our ladies were then his scholars; and that beauty in court who could not parley Euphuesme, was as little regarded as she which now there speaks...certainly not exaggerated; for Ben Jonson, describing a » JBerkcnliout's " Biographia Literatia," j>. 377. note a. l)i IMPROVEMENT OF COURT LANGUAGE. fashionable... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 psl.
...language. All our ladies were then scholars; and that beauty in court who could not paric Evphusim, was as little regarded, as she which now there speaks not French.'* In an age, when this taste, in its improved state, was the fashion of the court, — and the court... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 psl.
...; all our ladies were then his scholars, and that beanty in court which could not parley Euphuism, was as little regarded, as she which now there, speaks not French. " These his plays crowned him with applause, and the spectators with pleasure. Thou canst not repent... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 psl.
...language. All our ladies were then his scholars; and that beauty in court who could not parle Euphuism, was as little regarded, as she which now there speaks not French." The Satire in Cinthia's Revels is directed by Ben Jonson against this false and pedantic taste. t So... | |
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England* began first that language; all our ladies were then his scholars ; and that beauty in court which could not parley Euphuism... 
