The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 238
... dramatick poet to alter and amend the work of a preceding writer . The question therefore is now decisively settled ; and undoubtedly some additions were made to both these pieces by Shakspeare . It is ob- servable that the second scene ...
... dramatick poet to alter and amend the work of a preceding writer . The question therefore is now decisively settled ; and undoubtedly some additions were made to both these pieces by Shakspeare . It is ob- servable that the second scene ...
Page 251
... dramatick form , have reached posterity ; but if any of them ever shall be discovered , they will , I am confident , exhibit the same perspicuity , the same cadence , the same elegance and vigour , which we find in his plays . " Words ...
... dramatick form , have reached posterity ; but if any of them ever shall be discovered , they will , I am confident , exhibit the same perspicuity , the same cadence , the same elegance and vigour , which we find in his plays . " Words ...
Page 408
... dramatick pieces , eight of which only have been collected , viz . The Broken Heart , Love's Sacrifice , Perkin ... dramatick spirit , inferior to none before or since his time , Shakspeare excepted . The moral of this play is ...
... dramatick pieces , eight of which only have been collected , viz . The Broken Heart , Love's Sacrifice , Perkin ... dramatick spirit , inferior to none before or since his time , Shakspeare excepted . The moral of this play is ...
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