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 xxxi
... truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon his mind , fomented as it was by correspond ...
... truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon his mind , fomented as it was by correspond ...
Page xxxviii
... Truth must be Shak- speare's Henry VIII . , for the titles of many of his plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If ...
... Truth must be Shak- speare's Henry VIII . , for the titles of many of his plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If ...
Page 96
... truths above the reach of controversy , are confuted and rejected in another , and rise again to reception in remoter times . Thus the human mind is kept in motion without progress . Thus sometimes truth and error , and sometimes contra ...
... truths above the reach of controversy , are confuted and rejected in another , and rise again to reception in remoter times . Thus the human mind is kept in motion without progress . Thus sometimes truth and error , and sometimes contra ...
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