The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... expression . Such must be his com- prehenfion of thought , and such his copiousness of language . Out of many readings possible , he must be able to select that which best suits with the state , opinions , and modes of language ...
... expression . Such must be his com- prehenfion of thought , and such his copiousness of language . Out of many readings possible , he must be able to select that which best suits with the state , opinions , and modes of language ...
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... expression , or in- dulged himself in allusions to tranfient customs , which were not of fufficient notoriety to deserve ridicule or reprehenfion . When examples in favour of contra- dictory opinions are affembled , though no attempt is ...
... expression , or in- dulged himself in allusions to tranfient customs , which were not of fufficient notoriety to deserve ridicule or reprehenfion . When examples in favour of contra- dictory opinions are affembled , though no attempt is ...
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... expression , he will at once excite the difgust and displeasure of fuch as think their own knowledge or fagacity undervalued . It is difficult to fix a medium between doing too little and too much in the task of mere explanation . There ...
... expression , he will at once excite the difgust and displeasure of fuch as think their own knowledge or fagacity undervalued . It is difficult to fix a medium between doing too little and too much in the task of mere explanation . There ...
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... expression ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering versification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jests of fools and clowns . Yet even in these our author's wit buoys up ...
... expression ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering versification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jests of fools and clowns . Yet even in these our author's wit buoys up ...
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... expression too , in two writers of a different age , can hardly happen , without a violent fufpicion of the latter copying from his predeceffor . I shall not therefore run any great rifque of a cenfure , though I should venture to Lint ...
... expression too , in two writers of a different age , can hardly happen , without a violent fufpicion of the latter copying from his predeceffor . I shall not therefore run any great rifque of a cenfure , though I should venture to Lint ...
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