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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Page 39
... tragedy , has been saddled to expedite intelligence which was meant to be delayed till the neceffary mo- ment of its disclosure . Nay , further : the prompt- er's book being thus corrupted , on the first night D4 ADVERTISEMENT . 39.
... tragedy , has been saddled to expedite intelligence which was meant to be delayed till the neceffary mo- ment of its disclosure . Nay , further : the prompt- er's book being thus corrupted , on the first night D4 ADVERTISEMENT . 39.
Page 103
... Tragedy of Richard Duke of Yorke , & c . on which he constructed two new plays ; just as on the old plays of King John , and The Taming of a Shrew , he formed two other plays with nearly the fame titles . See The Differta- tion in Vol ...
... Tragedy of Richard Duke of Yorke , & c . on which he constructed two new plays ; just as on the old plays of King John , and The Taming of a Shrew , he formed two other plays with nearly the fame titles . See The Differta- tion in Vol ...
Page 105
... Tragedy , 1608 ; the three others which they inserted , Locrine , 1595 , Lord Cromwell , 1602 , and The Puritan , 1607 , having been printed with the initials W. S. in the title - page , the editor chose to interpret those letters to ...
... Tragedy , 1608 ; the three others which they inserted , Locrine , 1595 , Lord Cromwell , 1602 , and The Puritan , 1607 , having been printed with the initials W. S. in the title - page , the editor chose to interpret those letters to ...
Page 106
... tragedy upon the Greek models , ( or indeed translated them , ) in his epistle to Augustus : naturâ fublimis & acer : " Nam spirat tragicum fatis , et feliciter audet , " Sed turpem putat in chartis metuitque lituram . " As I have not ...
... tragedy upon the Greek models , ( or indeed translated them , ) in his epistle to Augustus : naturâ fublimis & acer : " Nam spirat tragicum fatis , et feliciter audet , " Sed turpem putat in chartis metuitque lituram . " As I have not ...
Page 108
... tragedy . The Merry Wives of Windfor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he ...
... tragedy . The Merry Wives of Windfor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he ...
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