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Eureka is a brilliant Jonsonian parable of human misery.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018

Franklin proposes not only to delight, but also, in the Jonsonian and Meredithian sense, to instruct through a mild catharsis brought about by holding up man's excesses and vagaries for ridicule.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

It is to the Jonsonian drama of humours what the Pens�e, or detached remark, practised by Bishop Hall and later by Butler and Halifax, is to the Essay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

One of the most learned of the group was George Chapman, whose verse has a Jonsonian solidity not unaccompanied with Jonsonian ponderousness.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

As in all the regular masques of the Jonsonian type the characters and situations exist solely for the opportunities they afford for dance and song.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.