The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... defign of all his portraits , it is fuppofed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- ftowed by the Advertisement by Mr Steevens Dr Farmer's Effay on the Learning of Shak- fpeare ...
... defign of all his portraits , it is fuppofed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- ftowed by the Advertisement by Mr Steevens Dr Farmer's Effay on the Learning of Shak- fpeare ...
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... account ; for there is full as great a want of tafte manifest in the defign , as in the execution of his works on copper . " & c . Ibid . Vol . II . p . 125 . N. B. The character of Shakspeare as a poet ; 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
... account ; for there is full as great a want of tafte manifest in the defign , as in the execution of his works on copper . " & c . Ibid . Vol . II . p . 125 . N. B. The character of Shakspeare as a poet ; 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... defign , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealoufy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth - Night there is fomething fingularly ri- diculous and pleafant in the fantaftical fteward Malvolio . The parafite and the vain ...
... defign , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealoufy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth - Night there is fomething fingularly ri- diculous and pleafant in the fantaftical fteward Malvolio . The parafite and the vain ...
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... defign feems most commonly rather to defcribe thofe great men in the feveral fortunes and acci- dents of their lives , than to take any fingle great action , and form his work fimply upon that . How- ever , there are fome of his pieces ...
... defign feems most commonly rather to defcribe thofe great men in the feveral fortunes and acci- dents of their lives , than to take any fingle great action , and form his work fimply upon that . How- ever , there are fome of his pieces ...
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... defign to enter into a criticism upon this author ; though to do it effectually , and not fuperficially , would be the beft occafion that any juft writer could take , to form the judgment and tafte of our nation . For of all English ...
... defign to enter into a criticism upon this author ; though to do it effectually , and not fuperficially , would be the beft occafion that any juft writer could take , to form the judgment and tafte of our nation . For of all English ...
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