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Page vi
... most strictly observed , not to give a loofe to fancy , or indulge a licentious Spirit of criticism , as if it were fit for any one to prefume to judge what Shakespear ought to have written , inftead of endeavouring to discover truly ...
... most strictly observed , not to give a loofe to fancy , or indulge a licentious Spirit of criticism , as if it were fit for any one to prefume to judge what Shakespear ought to have written , inftead of endeavouring to discover truly ...
Page vii
... most celebrated poets with the fairest impreffions beautified with the ornaments of sculpture , well may our Shakespear be thought to deferve no less confideration : and as a fresh acknowledgment hath lately been paid to his merit , and ...
... most celebrated poets with the fairest impreffions beautified with the ornaments of sculpture , well may our Shakespear be thought to deferve no less confideration : and as a fresh acknowledgment hath lately been paid to his merit , and ...
Page vii
... most numerous , as well as most confpicuous inftances , both of beauties and 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 ...
... most numerous , as well as most confpicuous inftances , both of beauties and 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 ...
Page x
... most exaggerated thoughts ; the most verbose and bombaft expreffion ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering verfification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonery , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of ...
... most exaggerated thoughts ; the most verbose and bombaft expreffion ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering verfification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonery , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of ...
Page xii
... most are fuch as are not properly defects , but fuperfœtations ; and arise not from want of learning or reading , but from want of thinking or judging or rather ( to be more just to our author ) from a compliance to those wants in ...
... most are fuch as are not properly defects , but fuperfœtations ; and arise not from want of learning or reading , but from want of thinking or judging or rather ( to be more just to our author ) from a compliance to those wants in ...
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