The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that , would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inaccessible ? Whether he knew the ...
... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that , would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inaccessible ? Whether he knew the ...
Page 155
... Plautus , from whom he has taken the plot of one of his plays : he follows the Greek authors , and par- ticularly Dares Phrygius , in another , ( although I will not pre- tend to say in what language he read them ) . The modern Ita ...
... Plautus , from whom he has taken the plot of one of his plays : he follows the Greek authors , and par- ticularly Dares Phrygius , in another , ( although I will not pre- tend to say in what language he read them ) . The modern Ita ...
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... Plautus , now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie , As they were not of Nature's family . Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakspeare , must enjoy a part : * For , though the poet's matter nature be , His ...
... Plautus , now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie , As they were not of Nature's family . Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakspeare , must enjoy a part : * For , though the poet's matter nature be , His ...
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