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 45
... honour to his coun- try as a rare and perhaps a singular genius ; one who hath attained a high degree of perfection in those two great branches of poetry , tragedy and comedy , different as they are in their natures from each other ...
... honour to his coun- try as a rare and perhaps a singular genius ; one who hath attained a high degree of perfection in those two great branches of poetry , tragedy and comedy , different as they are in their natures from each other ...
Page 327
... honour to our poet , 1 am loath to deprive him of it ; but his honour is not built on such a sandy foundation . Let us turn to a real translator , and examine whether the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English reader ...
... honour to our poet , 1 am loath to deprive him of it ; but his honour is not built on such a sandy foundation . Let us turn to a real translator , and examine whether the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English reader ...
Page 449
... honour to Shakspeare , that in writing ( whatsoever he " penned ) he never blotted out a line . My answer hath " been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they " thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity " this , but ...
... honour to Shakspeare , that in writing ( whatsoever he " penned ) he never blotted out a line . My answer hath " been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they " thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity " this , but ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
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