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 vi
... me desire none to disapprove what hits not their own humour , but to turn over the page , and they will surely find something acceptable and engaging .
... me desire none to disapprove what hits not their own humour , but to turn over the page , and they will surely find something acceptable and engaging .
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... neither sublime nor beautiful , and yet deserve attention , as indicating the vast stretch , and sometimes particular turn of the poet's imagination .
... neither sublime nor beautiful , and yet deserve attention , as indicating the vast stretch , and sometimes particular turn of the poet's imagination .
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Is it improbable that the author of the Venus and Adonis , and the Rape of Lucrece , should , on turning his attention to the stage , produce as heavy and ...
Is it improbable that the author of the Venus and Adonis , and the Rape of Lucrece , should , on turning his attention to the stage , produce as heavy and ...
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Shakspeare , like the latter , lesser in bulk , but lighter in sailing , could turn with all tides , tack about , and take advantage of all winds , by the ...
Shakspeare , like the latter , lesser in bulk , but lighter in sailing , could turn with all tides , tack about , and take advantage of all winds , by the ...
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“ A part of the wit , ” says Dr. Drake , “ turns upon the com parison between the blacksmith's face , and a species of maple , the bark of which is ...
“ A part of the wit , ” says Dr. Drake , “ turns upon the com parison between the blacksmith's face , and a species of maple , the bark of which is ...
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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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