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 vi
... muft be eftimated by their proportion to the general and col- lective ability of man , as it is discovered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building that was raifed , it might be with certainty determined that it was ...
... muft be eftimated by their proportion to the general and col- lective ability of man , as it is discovered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building that was raifed , it might be with certainty determined that it was ...
Page xix
... thinks reasonably muft think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop cafually from him ; he makes no juft diftribution of good or evil , nor is al- a 2 ways ways careful to fhew in the virtuous a disapprobation of PREFACE . • xix.
... thinks reasonably muft think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop cafually from him ; he makes no juft diftribution of good or evil , nor is al- a 2 ways ways careful to fhew in the virtuous a disapprobation of PREFACE . • xix.
Page xxxviii
... muft not be content to study him in the clofet , he muft look for his meaning fometimes among the fports of the field , and fome- times among the manufactures of the fhop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent ...
... muft not be content to study him in the clofet , he muft look for his meaning fometimes among the fports of the field , and fome- times among the manufactures of the fhop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent ...
Page xxxix
... impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he PREFACE . xxxix.
... impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he PREFACE . xxxix.
Page xliii
... muft afcribe the praife , unless Spenfer may divide it with him , of having firft difcovered to how much smoothnefs and harmony the English lan- guage could be foftened . He has fpeeches , perhaps fometimes fcenes , which have all the ...
... muft afcribe the praife , unless Spenfer may divide it with him , of having firft difcovered to how much smoothnefs and harmony the English lan- guage could be foftened . He has fpeeches , perhaps fometimes fcenes , which have all the ...
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