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 7
... judgment to a short point . Players are just such judges of what is right , as tailors are of what is graceful . And in this view it will be but fair to allow , that most of our author's faults are less to be ascribed to his wrong judgment ...
... judgment to a short point . Players are just such judges of what is right , as tailors are of what is graceful . And in this view it will be but fair to allow , that most of our author's faults are less to be ascribed to his wrong judgment ...
Page 10
... judgment . For men of judgment think they do any man more service in praising him justly , than lavishly . I say , I would fain believe they were friends , though the violence and ill breeding of their followers and flatterers were ...
... judgment . For men of judgment think they do any man more service in praising him justly , than lavishly . I say , I would fain believe they were friends , though the violence and ill breeding of their followers and flatterers were ...
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... judgment to restore the genuine sense and purity of it . In this he proposed no- thing to himself , but his private satisfaction in making his own copy as perfect as he could : but as the emenda- tions multiplied upon his hands , other ...
... judgment to restore the genuine sense and purity of it . In this he proposed no- thing to himself , but his private satisfaction in making his own copy as perfect as he could : but as the emenda- tions multiplied upon his hands , other ...
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