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Page vii
... faults of all forts . But this far exceeds the bounds of a preface , the business of which is only to give an account of the fate of his works , and the disadvantages under which they have been tranfmitted to us . We shall hereby ...
... faults of all forts . But this far exceeds the bounds of a preface , the business of which is only to give an account of the fate of his works , and the disadvantages under which they have been tranfmitted to us . We shall hereby ...
Page xi
... faults are lefs to be afcribed to his wrong judgment as a poet , than to his right judgment as a player . By these men it was thought a praise to Shakespear , that he fcarce ever blotted a line . This they induftriously propagated , as ...
... faults are lefs to be afcribed to his wrong judgment as a poet , than to his right judgment as a player . By these men it was thought a praise to Shakespear , that he fcarce ever blotted a line . This they induftriously propagated , as ...
Page xx
... faults may have been unjustly lay'd to his account from arbitrary additions , expunctions , tranfpofitions of fcenes and lines , confufion of characters and perfons , wrong application of speeches , corruptions of innumerable passages ...
... faults may have been unjustly lay'd to his account from arbitrary additions , expunctions , tranfpofitions of fcenes and lines , confufion of characters and perfons , wrong application of speeches , corruptions of innumerable passages ...
Page xxxi
... fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and , in fhort , every way vicious , yet he has given him fo much wit as to make him almoft ...
... fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and , in fhort , every way vicious , yet he has given him fo much wit as to make him almoft ...
Page xxxv
... faults : but as Shakespear lived under a kind of mere light of nature , and had never been made acquainted with the regularity of those written precepts , fo it would be hard to judge him by a law he knew nothing of . We are to confider ...
... faults : but as Shakespear lived under a kind of mere light of nature , and had never been made acquainted with the regularity of those written precepts , fo it would be hard to judge him by a law he knew nothing of . We are to confider ...
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