The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1A. Leathley, 1766 |
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Page vi
... himself have spoken or acted on the fame occafion : Even where the agency is fupernatural the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disgui'e the most natural passions and most fre- quent incidents ; so that he who contemplates ...
... himself have spoken or acted on the fame occafion : Even where the agency is fupernatural the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disgui'e the most natural passions and most fre- quent incidents ; so that he who contemplates ...
Page xiii
... himself near the end of his work , and , in view of his reward , he shortened the labour , to snatch the profit . He therefore remits his efforts where he should moft vigorously exert them , and his catastrophe is improba- bly produced ...
... himself near the end of his work , and , in view of his reward , he shortened the labour , to snatch the profit . He therefore remits his efforts where he should moft vigorously exert them , and his catastrophe is improba- bly produced ...
Page xv
... himself ; and terrour and pity , as they are rising in the mind , are checked and blasted by fudden frigidity . A quibble is to Shakespeare , what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures , it is sure to ...
... himself ; and terrour and pity , as they are rising in the mind , are checked and blasted by fudden frigidity . A quibble is to Shakespeare , what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures , it is sure to ...
Page xvii
... himself to fit in the theatre , while ambaffadors go and return between distant kings , while armies are levied and towns besieged , while an exile wanders and returns , or till he whom they saw courting his mistress , shall lament the ...
... himself to fit in the theatre , while ambaffadors go and return between distant kings , while armies are levied and towns besieged , while an exile wanders and returns , or till he whom they saw courting his mistress , shall lament the ...
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Shakespeare. imagines himself at Alexandria , and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt , and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra . Surely he ... himself at Alexandria, and believes that his ...
Shakespeare. imagines himself at Alexandria , and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt , and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra . Surely he ... himself at Alexandria, and believes that his ...
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