The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volumes 1-2Collins & Hannay, 1826 |
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Page 24
... any other reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore prais- ed only as pleasure is obtained ; yet , thus unassisted by interest or passion , they have passed through variations of 24 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
... any other reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore prais- ed only as pleasure is obtained ; yet , thus unassisted by interest or passion , they have passed through variations of 24 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
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... desires inconsistent with each other ; to make them meet in rapture , and part in agony ; to fill their mouths with hyperbolical joy and out- rageous sorrow ; to distress them as nothing human ever was distressed ; to deliver them as ...
... desires inconsistent with each other ; to make them meet in rapture , and part in agony ; to fill their mouths with hyperbolical joy and out- rageous sorrow ; to distress them as nothing human ever was distressed ; to deliver them as ...
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... desire . His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action . His tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . The force of his comic scenes has suffered little ...
... desire . His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action . His tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . The force of his comic scenes has suffered little ...
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... desire to be forgotten . Of the rest , to part I have given the highest approbation , by inserting the offered reading in the text ; part I have left to the judgment of the reader , as doubt- ful , though specious ; and part I have ...
... desire to be forgotten . Of the rest , to part I have given the highest approbation , by inserting the offered reading in the text ; part I have left to the judgment of the reader , as doubt- ful , though specious ; and part I have ...
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... desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give , read every play , from the first scene to the last , with utter negligence of all his commen- tators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not stoop at correction or ...
... desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give , read every play , from the first scene to the last , with utter negligence of all his commen- tators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not stoop at correction or ...
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