The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Tragedy , hath been frequently called fo ; but moft certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no fooner than 1604 : much too late ...
... Tragedy , hath been frequently called fo ; but moft certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no fooner than 1604 : much too late ...
Page 32
... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- fent occafion . But you want my opinion : -and from every mark of ftyle and manner , I make no doubt of afcribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left fome plays in MS . - These ...
... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- fent occafion . But you want my opinion : -and from every mark of ftyle and manner , I make no doubt of afcribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left fome plays in MS . - These ...
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... thou fayft is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very word , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occafion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... thou fayft is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very word , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occafion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
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... Tragedy , that the portrait of Macbeth's wife is copied from Buchanan , " whose fpirit , as well as words , is tranflated into the play of Shakspeare and it had fignified nothing to have pored only on Holinfhed for facts . " " Animus ...
... Tragedy , that the portrait of Macbeth's wife is copied from Buchanan , " whose fpirit , as well as words , is tranflated into the play of Shakspeare and it had fignified nothing to have pored only on Holinfhed for facts . " " Animus ...
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... Tragedy , with a Small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1644 , p . 50 . nature hath beftowed them upon me . The bright fhining Е4 LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55 us, that for this, Shakspeare muft have read ...
... Tragedy , with a Small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1644 , p . 50 . nature hath beftowed them upon me . The bright fhining Е4 LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55 us, that for this, Shakspeare muft have read ...
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