The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... stage but that of Shakespeare . The theatre , when it is under any other direction , is peo- pled by fuch characters as were never feen , converfing in a language which was never heard , upon topicks which will never arise in the ...
... stage but that of Shakespeare . The theatre , when it is under any other direction , is peo- pled by fuch characters as were never feen , converfing in a language which was never heard , upon topicks which will never arise in the ...
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... stage the universal agent is love , by whose power all good and evil is distributed , and every action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady , and a rival into the fable ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations ...
... stage the universal agent is love , by whose power all good and evil is distributed , and every action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady , and a rival into the fable ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations ...
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... stage ; but the general system makes gradual advances , and the end of the play is the end of expectation . To the unities of time and place he has shewn no regard ; and perhaps a nearer view of the principles on which they stand will ...
... stage ; but the general system makes gradual advances , and the end of the play is the end of expectation . To the unities of time and place he has shewn no regard ; and perhaps a nearer view of the principles on which they stand will ...
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... stage at one time for the palace of the Ptolemies , may take it in half an hour for the promontory of Actium . Delu ... stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are always in their senses , and know , from the first act ...
... stage at one time for the palace of the Ptolemies , may take it in half an hour for the promontory of Actium . Delu ... stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are always in their senses , and know , from the first act ...
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... stage something must be done as well as faid , and inactive declamation is very coldly heard , however musical or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expresses his wonder , that our author's . extravagancies are endured by a ...
... stage something must be done as well as faid , and inactive declamation is very coldly heard , however musical or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expresses his wonder , that our author's . extravagancies are endured by a ...
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