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Page 6
Shakspeare received the greatest part of his materials for the structure of his play
from the Troye Boke of Lydgate . Lydgate was not much more than a translator of
Guido of Columpna , who was of Mes . sina in Sicily , and wrote his History of ...
Shakspeare received the greatest part of his materials for the structure of his play
from the Troye Boke of Lydgate . Lydgate was not much more than a translator of
Guido of Columpna , who was of Mes . sina in Sicily , and wrote his History of ...
Page 47
Shakspeare , who so wonderfully preserves character , usually confounds the
customs of all nations , and probably supposed that ... Shakspeare might have
adopted this error from the wooden cuts to ancient books , or from the illuminators
of ...
Shakspeare , who so wonderfully preserves character , usually confounds the
customs of all nations , and probably supposed that ... Shakspeare might have
adopted this error from the wooden cuts to ancient books , or from the illuminators
of ...
Page 90
I do not therefore believe that Shakspeare intended she should join in the
present inquiry . Mr. M. Mason's objection also to such an arrangement is very
weighty . “ Pandarus ( he observes ) in his next speech but one , clearly
addresses Paris ...
I do not therefore believe that Shakspeare intended she should join in the
present inquiry . Mr. M. Mason's objection also to such an arrangement is very
weighty . “ Pandarus ( he observes ) in his next speech but one , clearly
addresses Paris ...
Page 108
Shakspeare thought of nothing so silly , as it would be to draw his priest a knave ,
in order to make him talk like a fool . Though that he the fate which generally
attends their abusers . But Shakspeare was no such ; and consequently wanted
not ...
Shakspeare thought of nothing so silly , as it would be to draw his priest a knave ,
in order to make him talk like a fool . Though that he the fate which generally
attends their abusers . But Shakspeare was no such ; and consequently wanted
not ...
Page 119
Dr. Johnson might have said , -the work of Shakspeare , as mangled by theatres ,
ignorant transcribers , and unskilful print . He has somewhere else observed ,
that perhaps we have not received one of our author's plays as it was originally ...
Dr. Johnson might have said , -the work of Shakspeare , as mangled by theatres ,
ignorant transcribers , and unskilful print . He has somewhere else observed ,
that perhaps we have not received one of our author's plays as it was originally ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 12 The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Publisher | C. and A. Conrad, 1809 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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