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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Page xxxv
... ftill find that on our ftage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufi- cal or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's ...
... ftill find that on our ftage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufi- cal or elegant , paffionate or fublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's ...
Page xlvi
... ftill multiplied errours ; they were perhaps fometimes mutilated by the actors , for the fake of shortening the fpeeches ; and were at last printed without correction of the prefs . In this ftate they remained , not as Dr. Warburton ...
... ftill multiplied errours ; they were perhaps fometimes mutilated by the actors , for the fake of shortening the fpeeches ; and were at last printed without correction of the prefs . In this ftate they remained , not as Dr. Warburton ...
Page lxxxiii
... ftill exact ; all his metaphors ap- propriated , and remarkably drawn from the true na ture and inherent qualities of each fubject . When he treats of Ethic or Politic , we may constantly obferve a wonderful juftness of distinction , as ...
... ftill exact ; all his metaphors ap- propriated , and remarkably drawn from the true na ture and inherent qualities of each fubject . When he treats of Ethic or Politic , we may constantly obferve a wonderful juftness of distinction , as ...
Page cxii
... ftill other Reafons , which may be fup- pos'd to have affected the whole Set . When the Play- ers took upon them to publish his Works intire , every Theatre was ranfack'd to fupply the Copy ; and Parts collected , which had gone thro ...
... ftill other Reafons , which may be fup- pos'd to have affected the whole Set . When the Play- ers took upon them to publish his Works intire , every Theatre was ranfack'd to fupply the Copy ; and Parts collected , which had gone thro ...
Page cxxix
... ftill to be found . For the Proprietors , not discouraged by their first unfuccessful Effort , in due time , made a fecond ; and , tho ' they still stuck to their Poets , with infinitely more VOL . I. h Suc- 1 Success in their Choice of ...
... ftill to be found . For the Proprietors , not discouraged by their first unfuccessful Effort , in due time , made a fecond ; and , tho ' they still stuck to their Poets , with infinitely more VOL . I. h Suc- 1 Success in their Choice of ...
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