The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 9C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... speech of Rumour is not inelegant or unpoetical , but it is wholly useless , since we are told nothing which the first scene does not clearly and naturally discover . The only end of such prologues is to inform the audience of some ...
... speech of Rumour is not inelegant or unpoetical , but it is wholly useless , since we are told nothing which the first scene does not clearly and naturally discover . The only end of such prologues is to inform the audience of some ...
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... speech might be imputed to the distraction of Nor- thumberland's mind ; but the calmness of the reflection contained in the last lines , seems not much to countenance such a supposi- tion . I will venture to distribute this passage in a ...
... speech might be imputed to the distraction of Nor- thumberland's mind ; but the calmness of the reflection contained in the last lines , seems not much to countenance such a supposi- tion . I will venture to distribute this passage in a ...
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... speech is extremely striking . There is no need to suppose it exactly philosophical ; darkness , in poetry , may be absence of eyes , as well as privation of light . Yet we may remark , that by an ancient opinion it has been held , that ...
... speech is extremely striking . There is no need to suppose it exactly philosophical ; darkness , in poetry , may be absence of eyes , as well as privation of light . Yet we may remark , that by an ancient opinion it has been held , that ...
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... , in Love Restored , one of Ben Jonson's masques : “ A pretty fine speech was taken up o ' the poet , too , which if he never be paid for now , ' tis no matter . " Steevens . Fal . I bought him in Paul's , and he 22 SECOND PART OF.
... , in Love Restored , one of Ben Jonson's masques : “ A pretty fine speech was taken up o ' the poet , too , which if he never be paid for now , ' tis no matter . " Steevens . Fal . I bought him in Paul's , and he 22 SECOND PART OF.
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... speech stands thus : Old . Very well , my lord , very well : - I had not observed this , when I wrote my note to The First Part of Henry IV , concerning the tradition of Falstaff's character having been first called Oldcastle . This ...
... speech stands thus : Old . Very well , my lord , very well : - I had not observed this , when I wrote my note to The First Part of Henry IV , concerning the tradition of Falstaff's character having been first called Oldcastle . This ...
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