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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... must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ...
... must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ...
Page xxi
... must , however , nave been always fome modes of gayety preferable to others , and a writer ought to chufe the best . In tragedy his performance feems conftantly to be worfe , as his labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which ...
... must , however , nave been always fome modes of gayety preferable to others , and a writer ought to chufe the best . In tragedy his performance feems conftantly to be worfe , as his labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which ...
Page xxiv
... must be indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I must oppose , adventure ...
... must be indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I must oppose , adventure ...
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... his ignorance . Every man's performances , to be rightly eftima- . ted , must be compared with the flate of the age in P " which he lived , and with his own which PREFACE . хххі ma, that though they may fometimes conduce to plea- ...
... his ignorance . Every man's performances , to be rightly eftima- . ted , must be compared with the flate of the age in P " which he lived , and with his own which PREFACE . хххі ma, that though they may fometimes conduce to plea- ...
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... must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufi- cal or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's extravagancies are endured by a nation , which ...
... must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufi- cal or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's extravagancies are endured by a nation , which ...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
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