The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 65
Page 2
... truth attested , with delight intense , " The serious charms of his colloquial sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance swell'd , " His large , yet latent , charity excell'd : " Want with such true beneficence he chear'd , " All ...
... truth attested , with delight intense , " The serious charms of his colloquial sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance swell'd , " His large , yet latent , charity excell'd : " Want with such true beneficence he chear'd , " All ...
Page 14
... truth is , that the first point of objection to this unexpected portrait was soon over- powered by a general suffrage in its favour . A second attack was therefore hazarded , and has yet more lamentably failed . As a further note of the ...
... truth is , that the first point of objection to this unexpected portrait was soon over- powered by a general suffrage in its favour . A second attack was therefore hazarded , and has yet more lamentably failed . As a further note of the ...
Page 16
... truth ) began to doubt the authenticity of the picture from which his first engraving had been made , and was therefore easily persuaded to expend his art on another portrait , the spuriousness of which ( to himself at least ) was not ...
... truth ) began to doubt the authenticity of the picture from which his first engraving had been made , and was therefore easily persuaded to expend his art on another portrait , the spuriousness of which ( to himself at least ) was not ...
Page 18
... truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , † and convey no distinct re- semblance of the poor remains of their avowed original . Of the drapery and curling hair exhibited in the excellent engravings of Mr. Vertue ...
... truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , † and convey no distinct re- semblance of the poor remains of their avowed original . Of the drapery and curling hair exhibited in the excellent engravings of Mr. Vertue ...
Page 23
... truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecessors to pigmies , that we our- selves , by force of comparison , might assume the bulk of giants . The present editors must also acknowledge , that unless in particular ...
... truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecessors to pigmies , that we our- selves , by force of comparison , might assume the bulk of giants . The present editors must also acknowledge , that unless in particular ...
Other editions - View all
The Plays of William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson,George Steevens,Nicholas Rowe No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
acquainted ancient appears baptized Ben Jonson buried Cæsar censure character comedy conjecture corrupted criticism daughter death died dramatick edition editor Edward Nash Elizabeth English engraving errors favour genius gentleman give Hamlet hath honour imitation John Barnard Jonson Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear labour language Latin learning likewise living Love's Labour's Lost Malone married Nash nature never notes obscure observed opinion original passages perhaps pieces players plays poem poet poet's Pope portrait praise preface present printed publick published quarto reader Richard Romeo and Juliet says scene second folio seems Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew Sir John speare stage Steevens Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon suppose theatre thee Theobald thing Thomas Thomas Nash Thomas Quiney thou thought tion Titus Andronicus tragedy translation Troilus and Cressida unto verse William Shakspeare words writer written