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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... truth , hope for eminence . from the herefies of paradox ; or thofe , who , being forced by difappointment upon confolatory expedients , are willing to hope from pofterity what the prefent age refufes , and flatter themselves that the ...
... truth , hope for eminence . from the herefies of paradox ; or thofe , who , being forced by difappointment upon confolatory expedients , are willing to hope from pofterity what the prefent age refufes , and flatter themselves that the ...
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... truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be fmooth and clear , yet not wholly with- . out ruggedness or difficulty ; as a country may be eminently fruitful , though it has fpots unfit for cul- tivation : His characters are ...
... truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be fmooth and clear , yet not wholly with- . out ruggedness or difficulty ; as a country may be eminently fruitful , though it has fpots unfit for cul- tivation : His characters are ...
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... as it is , gave him fuch delight , that he was content to purchase it , by the facrifice of reafon , propriety and truth . A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra a 4 Cleopatra for which he loft the world , and was PREFAC E. xxiii.
... as it is , gave him fuch delight , that he was content to purchase it , by the facrifice of reafon , propriety and truth . A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra a 4 Cleopatra for which he loft the world , and was PREFAC E. xxiii.
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... truth , and from the heights of empyrean poetry , may defpife the circumfcriptions of terreftrial nature . There is no reason why a mind thus wan- dering in extafy fhould count the clock , or why an hour fhould not be a century in that ...
... truth , and from the heights of empyrean poetry , may defpife the circumfcriptions of terreftrial nature . There is no reason why a mind thus wan- dering in extafy fhould count the clock , or why an hour fhould not be a century in that ...
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... truth . A play which imitated only the common occurrences of the world , would , upon the admirers of Palmerin and Guy of Warwick , have made little impreffion ; he that wrote for fuch an audience was under the ne- ceffity of looking ...
... truth . A play which imitated only the common occurrences of the world , would , upon the admirers of Palmerin and Guy of Warwick , have made little impreffion ; he that wrote for fuch an audience was under the ne- ceffity of looking ...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Complete, in Eight Volumes William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
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