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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... How oft has pleasure in the focial hour " Smil'd at his wit's exhilirating power ! " And truth attefted , with delight intenfe , The ferious charms of his colloquial sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance fwell'd , " His large ...
... How oft has pleasure in the focial hour " Smil'd at his wit's exhilirating power ! " And truth attefted , with delight intenfe , The ferious charms of his colloquial sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance fwell'd , " His large ...
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... how in- adequate his powers were to the task impofed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and noifelefs foot of time " has infenfibly brought on that period of life and those attendant ...
... how in- adequate his powers were to the task impofed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and noifelefs foot of time " has infenfibly brought on that period of life and those attendant ...
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... How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar- ratives ( refpecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were built , can be verified by evi- dence at present within reach , is quite immaterial , as our great dramatick ...
... How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar- ratives ( refpecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were built , can be verified by evi- dence at present within reach , is quite immaterial , as our great dramatick ...
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... how far thefe fupplements have been adopted . To fuch fcrupulous fidelity the publick ( which has long been amufed by inadequate or ideal likeneffes of Shakspeare ) has an undoubted claim ; and should any fine ladies and gentlemen of ...
... how far thefe fupplements have been adopted . To fuch fcrupulous fidelity the publick ( which has long been amufed by inadequate or ideal likeneffes of Shakspeare ) has an undoubted claim ; and should any fine ladies and gentlemen of ...
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... how is it proved to be a copy from an engraving by which alone thofe features can be ascertained ? No man will affert one thing to have been imitated from another , without allowing that there is fome unequivocal and determined ...
... how is it proved to be a copy from an engraving by which alone thofe features can be ascertained ? No man will affert one thing to have been imitated from another , without allowing that there is fome unequivocal and determined ...
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