The Plays of William Shakspeare, Vol. 7: Macbeth, And, King John (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Plays of William Shakspeare, Vol. 7: Macbeth, And, King John IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer. It is always necessary to examine the genius of his age, and the opinions of his contemporaries. A poet Who should now make the whole action of his tr dy depend upon enchant ment. And produce the chief events y the assistance of super natural agents, would be censured as transgressing the bounds of probability, be banished from the theatre to the nursery, and condemned to write fairy tales instead of tragedies but a survey of the notions that prevailed at the time when this pla was written, will prove that Shakspeare was in no danger oiy such censures, since he only turned the system that was then univer sally admitted, to his advantage, and was far from overburdening the credulity of his audience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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