The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 - English drama |
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Page ix
... house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a fpecimen . It will not easily be imagined how much Shake- fpeare excells in accommodating his fentiments to real life , but by comparing him with other authours . It was observed of the ...
... house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a fpecimen . It will not easily be imagined how much Shake- fpeare excells in accommodating his fentiments to real life , but by comparing him with other authours . It was observed of the ...
Page xii
... wanting a buffoon , he went into the fenate - houfe for that which the fenate - house would certainly have afforded him . He was inclined to fhew 2 He an an ufurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable xii PREFACE .
... wanting a buffoon , he went into the fenate - houfe for that which the fenate - house would certainly have afforded him . He was inclined to fhew 2 He an an ufurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable xii PREFACE .
Page xxvi
... house cannot become a plain ; that what was Thebes can never be Perfepolis . Such is the triumphant language with which a cri- tick exults over the mifery of an irregular poet , and exults commonly without refiftance or reply . It is ...
... house cannot become a plain ; that what was Thebes can never be Perfepolis . Such is the triumphant language with which a cri- tick exults over the mifery of an irregular poet , and exults commonly without refiftance or reply . It is ...
Page xxxii
... houses of European monarchs ; yet who could forbear to view them with astonishment , who remembered that they were built without the ufe of iron ? The English nation , in the time of Shakespeare , was yet ftruggling to emerge from ...
... houses of European monarchs ; yet who could forbear to view them with astonishment , who remembered that they were built without the ufe of iron ? The English nation , in the time of Shakespeare , was yet ftruggling to emerge from ...
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... house , by having the parts divided with lines , and the Actors names in the margin ) where feveral of thofe very paffages were added in a written hand , which are fince to be found in the folio . In the next place , a number of ...
... house , by having the parts divided with lines , and the Actors names in the margin ) where feveral of thofe very paffages were added in a written hand , which are fince to be found in the folio . In the next place , a number of ...
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