The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
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... fure to rank their author among the moft diligent and fagacious of our celebrated Poet's annotators . It may be proper , indeed , to obferve that a few of these remarks are omitted because they had been anticipated ; and that a few ...
... fure to rank their author among the moft diligent and fagacious of our celebrated Poet's annotators . It may be proper , indeed , to obferve that a few of these remarks are omitted because they had been anticipated ; and that a few ...
Page 8
... fure to any man , curious in things of this kind , to fee and know what was the firft effay of a fancy like Shakspeare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his beginnings , like thofe of other authors , among their leaft perfect writings ...
... fure to any man , curious in things of this kind , to fee and know what was the firft effay of a fancy like Shakspeare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his beginnings , like thofe of other authors , among their leaft perfect writings ...
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... fure , concur with me in wishing that it may enjoy perpetual verdure and fertility . In this retreat our SHAKSPEARE'S godlike mind With matchlefs fkill furvey'd all human kind . Here may each fweet that bleft Arabia knows , Flowers of ...
... fure , concur with me in wishing that it may enjoy perpetual verdure and fertility . In this retreat our SHAKSPEARE'S godlike mind With matchlefs fkill furvey'd all human kind . Here may each fweet that bleft Arabia knows , Flowers of ...
Page 121
... fure to furprize and caufe admiration , as the moft ftrange , unexpected , and confequently moft unnatural , events and incidents ; the most exaggerated thoughts ; the moft verbose and bom- baft expreffion ; the moft pompous rhymes ...
... fure to furprize and caufe admiration , as the moft ftrange , unexpected , and confequently moft unnatural , events and incidents ; the most exaggerated thoughts ; the moft verbose and bom- baft expreffion ; the moft pompous rhymes ...
Page 127
... fure they have as much reafon to be afraid of admiration . They are the Scylla and Charybdis of authors ; those who efcape one , often fall by the other . Peffimum genus inimicorum laudantes , says Tacitus ; and Virgil defires to wear a ...
... fure they have as much reafon to be afraid of admiration . They are the Scylla and Charybdis of authors ; those who efcape one , often fall by the other . Peffimum genus inimicorum laudantes , says Tacitus ; and Virgil defires to wear a ...
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