The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Taming of the Shrew , if indeed it be his , strongly proves the extent of his reading : had he known Terence , he would not have quoted erro- neously from his Grammar . Every one hath met with men in common life , who , according to the ...
... Taming of the Shrew , if indeed it be his , strongly proves the extent of his reading : had he known Terence , he would not have quoted erro- neously from his Grammar . Every one hath met with men in common life , who , according to the ...
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... Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of Vincentio , seem to be evidently taken from the disguise of the Sycophanta in the Trinummus of the said author ; and there is a quotation from the 5 5 This observation of ...
... Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of Vincentio , seem to be evidently taken from the disguise of the Sycophanta in the Trinummus of the said author ; and there is a quotation from the 5 5 This observation of ...
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... very much the taste of the Pro- vençal and Italian poets ; perhaps it might be hinted by the Ode of Sappho , preserved by Longinus : Petrarch is full of it : into the dialogue of The Taming of the Shrew , LEARNING OF SHAKESPARE . 59.
... very much the taste of the Pro- vençal and Italian poets ; perhaps it might be hinted by the Ode of Sappho , preserved by Longinus : Petrarch is full of it : into the dialogue of The Taming of the Shrew , LEARNING OF SHAKESPARE . 59.
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... Taming of the Shrew , that I think it puts the question of Shakspeare's having read the Roman comick poets in the original lan- guage out of all doubt , ' Redime te captum , quam queas minimo . " 6 With respect to resemblances , I shall ...
... Taming of the Shrew , that I think it puts the question of Shakspeare's having read the Roman comick poets in the original lan- guage out of all doubt , ' Redime te captum , quam queas minimo . " 6 With respect to resemblances , I shall ...
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... Taming of the Shrew is borrowed from the Trinummus , and no translation of that was extant . " 7 Mr. Colman indeed hath been better employed : but if he had met with an old comedy , called Supposes , translated from Ariosto by George ...
... Taming of the Shrew is borrowed from the Trinummus , and no translation of that was extant . " 7 Mr. Colman indeed hath been better employed : but if he had met with an old comedy , called Supposes , translated from Ariosto by George ...
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