The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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Page xxxiv
... censures which are passed on Mr. Malone upon slighter matters , will not require me to detain the reader long . " Mr. Malone had previously employed several pages ( vol . i . pp . 611-15 , ) in proving Twelfth Night to be writ- ten in ...
... censures which are passed on Mr. Malone upon slighter matters , will not require me to detain the reader long . " Mr. Malone had previously employed several pages ( vol . i . pp . 611-15 , ) in proving Twelfth Night to be writ- ten in ...
Page xxxvi
... censure . As for instance- · " The prologue to Henry VIII . it seems , was written by our author to ridicule Shakspeare ; ' and the whole weight of the commentators ' fury is directed against him , and him alone Jonson , ' says one of ...
... censure . As for instance- · " The prologue to Henry VIII . it seems , was written by our author to ridicule Shakspeare ; ' and the whole weight of the commentators ' fury is directed against him , and him alone Jonson , ' says one of ...
Page xli
... censure Jonson with good - humoured wit for an unlucky play , is sufficient , in the eyes of the criticks , to set him down as an admirer of Shakspeare . " Yet Dryden expressly tells us , that he maintained Shakspeare's superiority ...
... censure Jonson with good - humoured wit for an unlucky play , is sufficient , in the eyes of the criticks , to set him down as an admirer of Shakspeare . " Yet Dryden expressly tells us , that he maintained Shakspeare's superiority ...
Page xlii
... censured it ) whose malice appears to be more than equal to his wit . He says , if there be never a servant - monster in the fair , who can help it . ' And Malone affirms that Jonson en- deavours to depreciate this beautiful comedy by ...
... censured it ) whose malice appears to be more than equal to his wit . He says , if there be never a servant - monster in the fair , who can help it . ' And Malone affirms that Jonson en- deavours to depreciate this beautiful comedy by ...
Page xlvi
... censure , in the Induction . to the Staple of News , and his Discoveries . Jonson was not unfrequently in the habit of asserting his pre - emi- nence , as first having taught rules to the stage ; and it surely would have been but a tame ...
... censure , in the Induction . to the Staple of News , and his Discoveries . Jonson was not unfrequently in the habit of asserting his pre - emi- nence , as first having taught rules to the stage ; and it surely would have been but a tame ...
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