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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... ftill for some time , told them , That if Mr. Shakspeare had not read the ancients , he had likewise not ftolen any thing from them ; and that if he would produce any one topick finely treated by any one of them , he would undertake to ...
... ftill for some time , told them , That if Mr. Shakspeare had not read the ancients , he had likewise not ftolen any thing from them ; and that if he would produce any one topick finely treated by any one of them , he would undertake to ...
Page 115
... ftill described with simplicity , paffive sanctity , want of courage , weakness of mind , and easy submiffion to the governance of an imperious wife , or prevailing faction : though at the same time the poet does justice to his good ...
... ftill described with simplicity , paffive sanctity , want of courage , weakness of mind , and easy submiffion to the governance of an imperious wife , or prevailing faction : though at the same time the poet does justice to his good ...
Page 228
... ftill ftuck to their poets , with infinitely more success in their choice of Mr. Pope , who , by the mere force of an uncommon genius , without any particular study or profeffion of this art , discharged the great parts of it so well ...
... ftill ftuck to their poets , with infinitely more success in their choice of Mr. Pope , who , by the mere force of an uncommon genius , without any particular study or profeffion of this art , discharged the great parts of it so well ...
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... ftill , sure , with the same indecency and indiscretion , ) at that incomparable man , for wearing out a long life in poring through a telescope . Indeed , the weak- neffes of such are to be mentioned with reverence . But who can bear ...
... ftill , sure , with the same indecency and indiscretion , ) at that incomparable man , for wearing out a long life in poring through a telescope . Indeed , the weak- neffes of such are to be mentioned with reverence . But who can bear ...
Page 357
... ftill unanswer'd , which has been brought against his acquaintance with the Latin and other languages ; and that is , - that , had he been so acquainted , it could not have happen'd but that some imitations would have crept into his ...
... ftill unanswer'd , which has been brought against his acquaintance with the Latin and other languages ; and that is , - that , had he been so acquainted , it could not have happen'd but that some imitations would have crept into his ...
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