The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page ix
... the at- tention of the publick , much more than was gene- rally the case at any former period , to the neglected writers of an early age . The slightest reference which can be drawn from the works of Shakspeare to a ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
... the at- tention of the publick , much more than was gene- rally the case at any former period , to the neglected writers of an early age . The slightest reference which can be drawn from the works of Shakspeare to a ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
Page x
... writers , with all the faults of an un- tutored taste , had merits sufficient to redeem them from the oblivion to which they had been consigned . They were marble in the quarry , it is true , but still they were marble , and formed of ...
... writers , with all the faults of an un- tutored taste , had merits sufficient to redeem them from the oblivion to which they had been consigned . They were marble in the quarry , it is true , but still they were marble , and formed of ...
Page xxxi
... writers had mentioned with honour . But the truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon ...
... writers had mentioned with honour . But the truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon ...
Page xxxv
... writers . ' p . 481. Mr. Malone is no great logician - but let that pass . The passage to which he refers was pro- bably written before Jonson knew Shakspeare ; for it oc- curs in one of his earliest pieces . With respect to the ...
... writers . ' p . 481. Mr. Malone is no great logician - but let that pass . The passage to which he refers was pro- bably written before Jonson knew Shakspeare ; for it oc- curs in one of his earliest pieces . With respect to the ...
Page xliii
... writers of his time . Thus Claudia , in the Tragedy of Valentian , declares that She had rather make a drollery till thirty , ' i . e . spend her youth in making puppet - shows , which she considers as the lowest scene of degradation ...
... writers of his time . Thus Claudia , in the Tragedy of Valentian , declares that She had rather make a drollery till thirty , ' i . e . spend her youth in making puppet - shows , which she considers as the lowest scene of degradation ...
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