The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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Page xii
At this time , Shakspeare would have possessed ample means of obtaining access to all those books of history , poetry , and romance , with which he seems to have had so intimate an acquaintance , and which were calculated to attract his ...
At this time , Shakspeare would have possessed ample means of obtaining access to all those books of history , poetry , and romance , with which he seems to have had so intimate an acquaintance , and which were calculated to attract his ...
Page xvi
... fallen into ill company , " says Rowe ; and the excesses into which they seduced him , were by no means consistent with that seriousness of deportment and behavior which is expected to accompany the occupation that he had adopted .
... fallen into ill company , " says Rowe ; and the excesses into which they seduced him , were by no means consistent with that seriousness of deportment and behavior which is expected to accompany the occupation that he had adopted .
Page xvii
This being acceded to , our bard and his companions were staggered at the first outset , when they thought it advisable to sound a retreat , while the means of retreat were practicable ; and they had scarce marched half a mile , before ...
This being acceded to , our bard and his companions were staggered at the first outset , when they thought it advisable to sound a retreat , while the means of retreat were practicable ; and they had scarce marched half a mile , before ...
Page xxviii
... the evidence of Malone , strong as it may in some instances appear ; and concluding that the spectators were , as at the present day , assisted in following the progress of the story , by means of painted and movable scenery .
... the evidence of Malone , strong as it may in some instances appear ; and concluding that the spectators were , as at the present day , assisted in following the progress of the story , by means of painted and movable scenery .
Page xxix
... embellishments requisite to give effect to a dramatic representation , and could therefore estimate the absurdity of those shallow contrivances , and mean substitutes for scenery , which were devised by the ignorance of the clowns ?
... embellishments requisite to give effect to a dramatic representation , and could therefore estimate the absurdity of those shallow contrivances , and mean substitutes for scenery , which were devised by the ignorance of the clowns ?
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