The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 |
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... better ; those who with for diftinction forfake the vulgar , when the vulgar is right ; but there is a con- versation above groffnefs and below refinement , where propriety refides , and where this poet feems to have gathered his comick ...
... better ; those who with for diftinction forfake the vulgar , when the vulgar is right ; but there is a con- versation above groffnefs and below refinement , where propriety refides , and where this poet feems to have gathered his comick ...
Page xx
... better , and juftice is a virtue inde- pendant on time or place . The plots are often fo loofely formed , that a very flight confideration may improve them , and fo care- lefsly purfued , that he feems not always fully to com- prehend ...
... better , and juftice is a virtue inde- pendant on time or place . The plots are often fo loofely formed , that a very flight confideration may improve them , and fo care- lefsly purfued , that he feems not always fully to com- prehend ...
Page xxxii
... better for the circumstances of the authour , yet as there is always a filent reference of human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may extend his defigns , or how high he may rate his native force , is of far ...
... better for the circumstances of the authour , yet as there is always a filent reference of human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may extend his defigns , or how high he may rate his native force , is of far ...
Page xxxix
... could impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he PREFACE . xxxix.
... could impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he PREFACE . xxxix.
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In Eight Volumes William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson. grew older , could difplay life better , as he knew it more , and inftruct with more efficacy , as he was himfelf more amply inftructed . There is a vigilance of obfervation and ...
In Eight Volumes William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson. grew older , could difplay life better , as he knew it more , and inftruct with more efficacy , as he was himfelf more amply inftructed . There is a vigilance of obfervation and ...
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