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 xxv
... given more trouble to the poet , than pleasure to the auditor . The neceffity of obferving the unities of time and place arifes from the fuppofed neceffity of making the drama credible . The criticks hold it impoffible , that an action ...
... given more trouble to the poet , than pleasure to the auditor . The neceffity of obferving the unities of time and place arifes from the fuppofed neceffity of making the drama credible . The criticks hold it impoffible , that an action ...
Page xlii
... given to his country . Nor was his attention confined to the actions of men ; he was an exact furveyor of the inanimate world ; his defcriptions have always fome peculiarities , gathered by contemplating things as they really exift . It ...
... given to his country . Nor was his attention confined to the actions of men ; he was an exact furveyor of the inanimate world ; his defcriptions have always fome peculiarities , gathered by contemplating things as they really exift . It ...
Page xliv
... given by custom and venera- tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces , and turn them from his deformities , and endure in him what we should in another loath or defpife . If we endured without praifing , refpect for the father of our ...
... given by custom and venera- tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces , and turn them from his deformities , and endure in him what we should in another loath or defpife . If we endured without praifing , refpect for the father of our ...
Page xlviii
... given by Hemings and Condel , the firft editors ; and tofe which he rejected , though , according to the ch tioufness of the prefs in thofe times , they were during Shakespear's life , with his nama . omitted by his friends , and were ...
... given by Hemings and Condel , the firft editors ; and tofe which he rejected , though , according to the ch tioufness of the prefs in thofe times , they were during Shakespear's life , with his nama . omitted by his friends , and were ...
Page lii
... given an example , nor very folicitous what is thought of notes , which he ought never to have confidered as part of his ferious employments , and which , I fuppofe , fince the ardour of compofition is remitted , he no longer numbers ...
... given an example , nor very folicitous what is thought of notes , which he ought never to have confidered as part of his ferious employments , and which , I fuppofe , fince the ardour of compofition is remitted , he no longer numbers ...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
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