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If , " says he , " a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts his thoughts ; that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination ...
If , " says he , " a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts his thoughts ; that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination ...
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... this juvenile performance will prove no objection , since graver , and some very eminent members of the church , have thought it no improper employ , to comment , explain , and publish the works of their own country poets .
... this juvenile performance will prove no objection , since graver , and some very eminent members of the church , have thought it no improper employ , to comment , explain , and publish the works of their own country poets .
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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 ...
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Greene , another celebrated comedian of the day , was the townsman , and he is thought to have been the relation , of Shakspeare . On arriving in the metropolis , these were , perhaps , his only acquaintance , and they secured his ...
Greene , another celebrated comedian of the day , was the townsman , and he is thought to have been the relation , of Shakspeare . On arriving in the metropolis , these were , perhaps , his only acquaintance , and they secured his ...
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My answer hath been , Would that he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most ...
My answer hath been , Would that he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most ...
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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