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" Shakspeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he ! " He this year lent his friendly assistance to correct and improve a pamphlet written by Mr. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 280
by James Boswell - 1826
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...publifhes it as his own. The true authour, in many cafes, may not be able to make his title clear. Johnfon, indeed, from the peculiar features of his literary...any attempt to appropriate them to others : " But Shakfpeare's magick could not copied be, •" Within that circle none durft walk but he." C c 2 He...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...publishes it as his own. The,true authour, in many cases, may not be able to make his title clear. Johnson, indeed, from the peculiar features of his literary...written by Mr. Gwyn, the architect, entitled " Thoughts oh the Coronation of George III."* Johnson had now for some years admitted Mr.,Ba- rctti to his intimacy;...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...publishes it as his own. The true authour, in many cases, may not be able to make his title clear. Johnson, indeed, from the peculiar features of his literary...this year lent his friendly assistance to correct anc improve a pamphlet written by Mr. Gwyn, the architect, entitled, Thoughts on the Coronation of...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...publishes it as his own. The true authour, in many cases, may not be able to make his title clear. Johnson, indeed, from the peculiar features of his literary...correct and improve a pamphlet written by Mr. Gwyn, the Johnson had now for some' years admitted Mr. Ba- 52. retti to his intimacy ; nor did their friendship...
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Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres: Including General ...

Leigh Hunt - Acting - 1807 - 436 pages
...magician her father; but DRYDEN in two unlucky lines of his prologue confessed that •Shakspeare*s magic could not copied be, Within that circle none durst walk but he; jind in fact, neitherof these additional conceptions is above the genius of a schoolboy. When once...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 462 pages
...innocence and beauty, which did smile In Fletcher, grew on this enchanted isle. But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he. I must confess 'twas bold, nor would you now That liberty to vulgar wits allow, Which works by magic...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 3

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 450 pages
...innocence and beauty, which did smile In Fletcher, grew on this enchanted isle. But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. I must confess 'twas bold, nor would you now That liberty to vulgar wits allow, Which works by magic...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...traditional evidence, is finely supported. I think it is Dryden that •says: '- But Shakspeare's magic could not copied be, " Within that circle none durst walk but he." And I cannot but remark with indignation on the abominable manner in which (his incomparable play is...
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The Spectator, Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 324 pages
...Dryden would not allow even Beaumont and Fletcher capable of imitating him. But Shakspeare's magic could not copied be : Within that circle none durst walk but he. ' I should not, however, have troubled you with these remarks, if there were not something else in...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...publishes it as his own. The true author, in many cases, may not be able to make his title clear. Johnson, indeed, from the peculiar features of his literary...Shakspeare's magick could not copied be, " Within that circle noue durst walk hut he." He this year lent his friendly assistance to correct and improve a pamphlet...
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