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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... fometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than prefent excellence ; and the mind contemplates ge- nius through the fhades of age , as the eye furveys the fun through artificial opacity . The great ...
... fometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than prefent excellence ; and the mind contemplates ge- nius through the fhades of age , as the eye furveys the fun through artificial opacity . The great ...
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... fometimes defeated by the frolick of ano- ther ; and many mifchiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without defign . Out of this chaos of mingled purposes and cafu- alties the ancient poets , according to the laws which cuftom ...
... fometimes defeated by the frolick of ano- ther ; and many mifchiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without defign . Out of this chaos of mingled purposes and cafu- alties the ancient poets , according to the laws which cuftom ...
Page xiv
... fometimes pro- duce seriousness and forrow , and fometimes levity and laughter . That this is a practice contrary to the rules of cri- ticifm will be readily allowed ; but there is always an appeal open from criticifm to nature . The ...
... fometimes pro- duce seriousness and forrow , and fometimes levity and laughter . That this is a practice contrary to the rules of cri- ticifm will be readily allowed ; but there is always an appeal open from criticifm to nature . The ...
Page xv
... fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have dif- ferent ...
... fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have dif- ferent ...
Page xix
... fometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth upon the whole is fpherical , though its furface is varied with protuberances and cavities . Shakespeare with his excellencies has likewife faults , and faults fufficient to ...
... fometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth upon the whole is fpherical , though its furface is varied with protuberances and cavities . Shakespeare with his excellencies has likewife faults , and faults fufficient to ...
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