Quoting Ben Jonson?

Most English people could easily quote something from Shakespeare if asked to do so but most would have difficulty coming up with a quote from Ben Jonson. Unlike Shakespeare, Jonson was an intellectual and a scholar. His works are much less accessible than Shakespeare’s and much less popular. Characteristically, his works include a grammar of English. It is difficult to envisage Shakespeare as the author of a grammar. (Howatt, A.P.R.: A History of English Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984: 94)

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