The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 12
... Poets and Poefie , p . 206. Folio , 1627 . From his Poem upon Mafter William Shakspeare , intended to have been prefixed , with the other of his compofition , to the folio of 1623 and afterward printed in feveral mifcellaneous ...
... Poets and Poefie , p . 206. Folio , 1627 . From his Poem upon Mafter William Shakspeare , intended to have been prefixed , with the other of his compofition , to the folio of 1623 and afterward printed in feveral mifcellaneous ...
Page 13
... poems , the well - known Mr. Gildon ; and his steps • Hence perhaps the ill - ftarr'd rage between this critick and his elder brother , John Dennis , fo pathetically lamented in the Dunciad . Whilft the former was perfuaded , that " the ...
... poems , the well - known Mr. Gildon ; and his steps • Hence perhaps the ill - ftarr'd rage between this critick and his elder brother , John Dennis , fo pathetically lamented in the Dunciad . Whilft the former was perfuaded , that " the ...
Page 24
... " And Dunbar hath a fimilar expreffion in his beautiful poem of The Goldin Terge . 6 • Ariftophanis Comœdię undecim . Gr . & Lat . Amft . 1710 , Fol . p . 596 . may produce it from a Dittie of the workmen of 24 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... " And Dunbar hath a fimilar expreffion in his beautiful poem of The Goldin Terge . 6 • Ariftophanis Comœdię undecim . Gr . & Lat . Amft . 1710 , Fol . p . 596 . may produce it from a Dittie of the workmen of 24 AN ESSAY ON THE.
Page 28
... poets are under greater obligations to Boccace , than is generally imagined . Who would fufpect , that Chaucer hath ... poem little inferior in his opinion to the Iliad or the Eneid , that the name of its author is wholly loft , and ...
... poets are under greater obligations to Boccace , than is generally imagined . Who would fufpect , that Chaucer hath ... poem little inferior in his opinion to the Iliad or the Eneid , that the name of its author is wholly loft , and ...
Page 30
... poets have not attended to this and many other minutię ; I could point out to you feveral performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenfer , Shakspeare , which the imitated bard could not poffibly have ei- ther read or ...
... poets have not attended to this and many other minutię ; I could point out to you feveral performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenfer , Shakspeare , which the imitated bard could not poffibly have ei- ther read or ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acted afcertain againſt alfo allufion almoſt appears author's plays circumftance comedy Comedy of Errors copy critick Cymbeline death dramatick edition Effay Engliſh faid fame fays fecond feem fhall fhould fince firft firſt folio fome fpeare ftage ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed Gentlemen of Verona Hamlet hath Henry IV Hiftory himſelf itſelf John Johnſon Jonfon Julius Cęfar King Henry King Henry VI King Lear laft Latin learned likewife lines Lond Lover's Melancholy Macbeth Mafter MALONE Meaſure moft moſt mufe muft muſt obferved occafion old play paffage pamphlet perfons piece Plutarch poem poet praiſe prefent printed probably publick publiſhed quarto Queen reafon reprefented Richard Romeo and Juliet ſcene ſeems Shak Shakspeare's ſhall Shrew Spenfer ſtage Stationers STEEVENS Theatre Royal thefe theſe thofe Thomas thoſe thou Timon of Athens tragedy tranflated uſed verfes verſes whofe William Shakspeare Winter's Tale writer written