Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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... scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . His images are indeed every where so lively , that the thing he would ...
... scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . His images are indeed every where so lively , that the thing he would ...
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... scene is sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and ...
... scene is sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and ...
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... scene in The Second Part of Henry the Sixth , which I cannot but think admirable in its kind . Cardinal Beau- fort , who had murdered the Duke of Gloucester , is shown in the last agonies on his death - bed , with the good king praying ...
... scene in The Second Part of Henry the Sixth , which I cannot but think admirable in its kind . Cardinal Beau- fort , who had murdered the Duke of Gloucester , is shown in the last agonies on his death - bed , with the good king praying ...
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... scene of the fourth act . The distresses likewise of Queen Katharine , in this play , are very movingly touched ; and though the art of the poet has screened King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to ...
... scene of the fourth act . The distresses likewise of Queen Katharine , in this play , are very movingly touched ; and though the art of the poet has screened King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to ...
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... tragedy of Macbeth , but more espe- cially the scene where the king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that manly spirit with which he writ ; and both show 22 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... tragedy of Macbeth , but more espe- cially the scene where the king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that manly spirit with which he writ ; and both show 22 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
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