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The Dramatick Works of George Colman ...: Philaster. King Lear. Epicoene; or ... - Page 101
by George Colman - 1777
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1765 - 652 pages
...of the diftrcfs or condaft of the aftion, and fcarcc a line which does not conduce to the progrcfs of the fcene. So powerful is the current of the poet's imagination, that the mi,nd, which once ventuces within it, is hurried irrcfiftibly along. Onthefeemingimprobabilityof i«r's conduct it may...
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The works of Shakespeare, with corrections and illustr. from ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1767 - 304 pages
...fvarce a line which docs not conduce to the progrefsof the fcene. So powerful is trie current of (He poet's imagination, that the mind which once ventures within it, is hurried irrefiftibly along. My learned friend Mr Warton, who has in the Ad-amturer very minutely criticifed this play, remarks,...
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The History of King Lear: As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Colman, Nahum Tate - 1768 - 98 pages
...conduce " to the progrefs of the fcene. So powerte ful is the current of the poet's imagina" tion, that the mind, which once ventures " within it, is...confidered it as " a heap of jewels unftrung, and unpd" liftied;" and reiblved, "out of real for " all the remains of Shakefpeare," to newmodel the .ftory....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes: Troilus and Cressida ...

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 514 pages
...and hope. There is no fcene which does not contribute to the aggravation of the diftrefs or conduft of the aftion, and fcarce a line which does not conduce...ventures within it, is hurried irrefiftibly along. On the feeming improbability of , Lear's conduft it may be obferved, that he is reprefer.ted according...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1785 - 632 pages
...or conduit of the aftion, and fcarce a line which does not conduce to the progrefs of the fcene. 89 powerful is the current of the poet's imagination,...the mind, which once ventures within it, is hurried irrefiltibly along. On the Jecming improbability of Lear's conduft, it may b« obferved, that he is...
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A New Review: With Literary Curiosities and Literary Intelligence, Volume 3

1783 - 542 pages
...the diftrefsor conduft of the ac' tion ; and fcarce a line, which does not conduce to the pro* grefs of the fcene. So powerful is the current of the poet's...ventures within it, * is hurried irrefiftibly along. ' On the feeming improbability of Lear's conduct, it majr * be obferved, that he is reprefented, according...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...and hope. There is no fcene which does not contribute to the aggravation of the diftrels or conduct of the aftion, and fcarce a line which does not conduce...imagination, that the mind, which once ventures within jt, is hurried irrefiftibly along. On the feeming improbability of Lear's conduct, it may be oblerved,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 722 pages
...is no fcene which does not contribute to the aggravation of the diftrefs or conduct of the action, and fcarce a line which does not conduce to the progrefs...the mind, which once ventures within it, is hurried irrcfirtibly along. On the feeming improbability of Lear's conduct, it may be obfcrved, that he is...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 91

1792 - 530 pages
...or conduft of the anión, and fcarce a line which does not conduce to the progrefs of the fcene. Sa powerful is the current of the poet's imagination,...ventures within it, is hurried irrefiftibly along. An Account of the Extraordinary Converfion of Prince CHRISTOPHER RADZIVIL, an illußrious Nobleman...
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The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1798 - 446 pages
...fcene which does not contribute to the aggravation of the diftrefs or conduct of the action, and icarce a line which does not conduce to the progrefs of the...the mind, which once ventures within it, is hurried irreiiftibly along. On the feeming improbability of Lear's conduit, it may be obferved, that he is...
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