The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... should form his ex- pectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should ...
... should form his ex- pectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should ...
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... should count the clock , or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can makę the stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are always in their senses , and know , from the first act to the last ...
... should count the clock , or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can makę the stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are always in their senses , and know , from the first act to the last ...
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... should be pleased with such fountains playing beside us , and fuch woods waving over us . We are agitated in reading the hiftory of Henry the Fifth , yet no man takes his book for the field of Agincourt . A dramatick exhibition is a ...
... should be pleased with such fountains playing beside us , and fuch woods waving over us . We are agitated in reading the hiftory of Henry the Fifth , yet no man takes his book for the field of Agincourt . A dramatick exhibition is a ...
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... should claim what he so liberally granted . As he never writes without careful enquiry and diligent confideration , I have received all his notes , and believe that every reader will wish for more . 1 Of the last editor it is more ...
... should claim what he so liberally granted . As he never writes without careful enquiry and diligent confideration , I have received all his notes , and believe that every reader will wish for more . 1 Of the last editor it is more ...
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... should fslay him in puny battle ; when the other crosses my imagination , I re- member the prodigy in Macbeth : A falcon tow'ring in his pride of place , Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and killd . Let me however do them justice . One is ...
... should fslay him in puny battle ; when the other crosses my imagination , I re- member the prodigy in Macbeth : A falcon tow'ring in his pride of place , Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and killd . Let me however do them justice . One is ...
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