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Page vii
... clown is introduced quibbling in a miferable manner , upon which one who bears the character of a man of fense makes the following reflecton : How every fool can play upon a word ! I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into ...
... clown is introduced quibbling in a miferable manner , upon which one who bears the character of a man of fense makes the following reflecton : How every fool can play upon a word ! I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into ...
Page x
... clowns . Yet even in these , our author's wit buoys up , and is born above his subject : his genius in those low parts is like some prince of a romance in the disguife of a shepherd or peafant ; a certain greatness and spirit now and ...
... clowns . Yet even in these , our author's wit buoys up , and is born above his subject : his genius in those low parts is like some prince of a romance in the disguife of a shepherd or peafant ; a certain greatness and spirit now and ...
Page xvii
... clowns would speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3. Sc . 4. ) But as a proof that he could not escape it , in the old editions of Romeo and Juliet there is no hint of a great number of the mean conceits and ribaldries now ...
... clowns would speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3. Sc . 4. ) But as a proof that he could not escape it , in the old editions of Romeo and Juliet there is no hint of a great number of the mean conceits and ribaldries now ...
Page xxxi
... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : and , I believe , Therfites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be masterpieces of ill - nature ...
... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : and , I believe , Therfites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be masterpieces of ill - nature ...
Page 103
... clowns exeunt . ters , fly , masters , help ! Puck . I'll follow you , I'll lead you about a round , Through bog , through bush , through brake , through brier ; Sometimes a horfe I'll be , sometimes a hound , A hog , A hog , a headless ...
... clowns exeunt . ters , fly , masters , help ! Puck . I'll follow you , I'll lead you about a round , Through bog , through bush , through brake , through brier ; Sometimes a horfe I'll be , sometimes a hound , A hog , A hog , a headless ...
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