The Plays of William Shakspeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1George Kearsley, 1806 |
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Page iv
... natural turn of it to the stage , soon di- stinguished him , if not as an extraordinary actor , yet as an excellent writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the iv SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... natural turn of it to the stage , soon di- stinguished him , if not as an extraordinary actor , yet as an excellent writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the iv SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
Page vi
... writing were , the people of his age , who began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly pleased to see a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully ca- pable ...
... writing were , the people of his age , who began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly pleased to see a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully ca- pable ...
Page vii
... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor : How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admi- rable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be impro- per to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under ...
... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor : How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admi- rable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be impro- per to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under ...
Page x
... write his epitaph , if he happened to out - live him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakspeare gave him these four verses : " Ten in the ...
... write his epitaph , if he happened to out - live him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakspeare gave him these four verses : " Ten in the ...
Page xi
... writing ( what- " soever 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 for their ignorance , who ...
... writing ( what- " soever 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 for their ignorance , who ...
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