As we shall see, even realising the humanity of a noble impostor like Djabal did not content his erratic hunger for goodness.

He went further again, and realised the humanity of a mean impostor like Sludge.

But in all things he retained this essential characteristic, that he was not content with seeking sinners--he sought the sinners whom even sinners cast out.
Browning's feeling of ambition in the matter of the drama continued to grow at this time.

It must be remembered that he had every natural tendency to be theatrical, though he lacked the essential lucidity.
He was not, as a matter of fact, a particularly unsuccessful dramatist; but in the world of abstract temperaments he was by nature an unsuccessful dramatist.

He was, that is to say, a man who loved above all things plain and sensational words, open catastrophes, a clear and ringing conclusion to everything.