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
... young , the gay , and the passionate ; while these will esteem as dull and languid , the sober saws of morality , and the home - felt observations of experience . However , as it was my business to collect for readers of all tastes ...
... young , the gay , and the passionate ; while these will esteem as dull and languid , the sober saws of morality , and the home - felt observations of experience . However , as it was my business to collect for readers of all tastes ...
Page xii
... and excite the admiration of his young and ardent fancy ; and he might also thus early have become imbued with a taste for the drama , by attending the performances of the different companies of players , the comedians of the Queen ...
... and excite the admiration of his young and ardent fancy ; and he might also thus early have become imbued with a taste for the drama , by attending the performances of the different companies of players , the comedians of the Queen ...
Page xvi
He had by a misfortune , common enough to young fellows , 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 ...
He had by a misfortune , common enough to young fellows , 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 ...
Page xix
It was considered in the light of an indiscretion , rather than of a criminal offence ; and in this particular , the young men of Stratford were countenanced by the practice of the students of the Universities .
It was considered in the light of an indiscretion , rather than of a criminal offence ; and in this particular , the young men of Stratford were countenanced by the practice of the students of the Universities .
Page xxi
The quibble on the word deer , is one that was familiar with our author ; and , says Whiter , " the lines may be readily conceived to have proceeded from our young bard , before he was removed from the little circle of his native place ...
The quibble on the word deer , is one that was familiar with our author ; and , says Whiter , " the lines may be readily conceived to have proceeded from our young bard , before he was removed from the little circle of his native place ...
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