The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance swell'd , " His large , yet latent , charity excell'd : " Want with such true beneficence he chear'd , " All that his bounty gave his zeal endear'd . " Learning , as vast as mental power ...
... sense ! " His genius , that to wild luxuriance swell'd , " His large , yet latent , charity excell'd : " Want with such true beneficence he chear'd , " All that his bounty gave his zeal endear'd . " Learning , as vast as mental power ...
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... sense and the laws of metre , we have not. * It will perhaps be urged , that to this first folio we are in- debted for the only copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays : True : but may not our want of yet earlier and less ...
... sense and the laws of metre , we have not. * It will perhaps be urged , that to this first folio we are in- debted for the only copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays : True : but may not our want of yet earlier and less ...
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... sense and the laws of metre , we have not rigidly adhered to the text of Shakspeare , we shall entreat our opponents to exchange that phrase for another " more germane , " and say instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of ...
... sense and the laws of metre , we have not rigidly adhered to the text of Shakspeare , we shall entreat our opponents to exchange that phrase for another " more germane , " and say instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of ...
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... sense and the gram- mar of the age , may be discovered , and , in a thou- sand instances , might be expunged , without loss of a single idea meant to be expressed ; a liberty which we have sometimes taken , though not ( as it is hoped ) ...
... sense and the gram- mar of the age , may be discovered , and , in a thou- sand instances , might be expunged , without loss of a single idea meant to be expressed ; a liberty which we have sometimes taken , though not ( as it is hoped ) ...
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... sense , spirit , and verfifi- cation of Shakspeare , All these circumstances confidered , it is time , in- ftead of a timid and servile adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they furnish no real help ...
... sense , spirit , and verfifi- cation of Shakspeare , All these circumstances confidered , it is time , in- ftead of a timid and servile adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they furnish no real help ...
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