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
... paffages , but by the progrefs of his fable , and , the tenour of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recom- mend him by select quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his house to fale , carried a ...
... paffages , but by the progrefs of his fable , and , the tenour of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recom- mend him by select quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his house to fale , carried a ...
Page xxviii
... paffage of hours . In contempla- tion we eafily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be afked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited ...
... paffage of hours . In contempla- tion we eafily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be afked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited ...
Page xxxvii
... paffages which may pafs for imita- tions , but fo few , that the exception only confirms the rule ; he obtained them from accidental quotations , or by oral communication , and as he ufed what he had , would have used more if he had ...
... paffages which may pafs for imita- tions , but fo few , that the exception only confirms the rule ; he obtained them from accidental quotations , or by oral communication , and as he ufed what he had , would have used more if he had ...
Page li
... . Hanmer's care of the metre has been too violently cenfured . He found the measures reformed in fo many paffages , by the filent labours of fome editors , C2 with 1 with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that P. RE FACE . li.
... . Hanmer's care of the metre has been too violently cenfured . He found the measures reformed in fo many paffages , by the filent labours of fome editors , C2 with 1 with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that P. RE FACE . li.
Page liii
... paffages learned and fagacious . Of his notes , I have commonly rejected thofe , against which the general voice of the publick has exclaimed , or which their own incongruity imme- diately condemns , and which , I fuppofe , the au ...
... paffages learned and fagacious . Of his notes , I have commonly rejected thofe , against which the general voice of the publick has exclaimed , or which their own incongruity imme- diately condemns , and which , I fuppofe , the au ...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
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