The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and study , what is written at last with little felicity ; but in his comick scenes , he seems to produce without labour , labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy PREFACE .
... tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and study , what is written at last with little felicity ; but in his comick scenes , he seems to produce without labour , labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy PREFACE .
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... study of those who then aspired to plebeian learning was laid out upon adventures , giants , dragons , and en- chantments . The Death of Arthur was the favourite volume , The mind , which has feasted on the luxurious wonders of fiction ...
... study of those who then aspired to plebeian learning was laid out upon adventures , giants , dragons , and en- chantments . The Death of Arthur was the favourite volume , The mind , which has feasted on the luxurious wonders of fiction ...
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... study him in the closet , he must look for his meaning fome- times among the sports of the field , and sometimes among the manufactures of the shop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our ...
... study him in the closet , he must look for his meaning fome- times among the sports of the field , and sometimes among the manufactures of the shop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our ...
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... study and experience , can only assist in combining or applying them . Shakespeare , however favoured by nature , could impart only what he had learned ; and as he must increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquisition ...
... study and experience , can only assist in combining or applying them . Shakespeare , however favoured by nature , could impart only what he had learned ; and as he must increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquisition ...
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... study , have been made fome- times with nice difcernment , but often with idle sub- tilty , were yet unattempted . The tales , with which the infancy of learning was satisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of action ...
... study , have been made fome- times with nice difcernment , but often with idle sub- tilty , were yet unattempted . The tales , with which the infancy of learning was satisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of action ...
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