The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 44
... thought any honour to our poet , I am loath to deprive him of it ; but his honour is not built on such a sandy foundation . Let us turn to a real translator , and examine whe- ther the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English ...
... thought any honour to our poet , I am loath to deprive him of it ; but his honour is not built on such a sandy foundation . Let us turn to a real translator , and examine whe- ther the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English ...
Page 50
... thought it very scholar - like in Hamlet to swear the Centi- nels on a sword : but this is for ever met with . For instance , in the Passus Primus of Pierce Plow- man : " Dauid in his daies dubbed knightes , " And did hem swere on her ...
... thought it very scholar - like in Hamlet to swear the Centi- nels on a sword : but this is for ever met with . For instance , in the Passus Primus of Pierce Plow- man : " Dauid in his daies dubbed knightes , " And did hem swere on her ...
Page 63
... thought either . At the end of the sixth volume of Leland's Itinerary , we are fa- voured by Mr. Hearne with a Macaronick poem on a battle at Oxford , between the scholars and the townsmen : on a line of which , “ Invadunt aulas ...
... thought either . At the end of the sixth volume of Leland's Itinerary , we are fa- voured by Mr. Hearne with a Macaronick poem on a battle at Oxford , between the scholars and the townsmen : on a line of which , “ Invadunt aulas ...
Page 65
... thought necessarie to translate . " - How then came they ascribed to Shakspeare ? We will tell them that likewise . The same voluminous writer published an Apology for Actors , 4to . 1612 , and in an Appendix directed to his new printer ...
... thought necessarie to translate . " - How then came they ascribed to Shakspeare ? We will tell them that likewise . The same voluminous writer published an Apology for Actors , 4to . 1612 , and in an Appendix directed to his new printer ...
Page 78
... thought a praise to Shakspeare , that he scarce ever blotted a line : -I believe the common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground . This too might be thought a praise by some . " - But hear Nash , who was far ...
... thought a praise to Shakspeare , that he scarce ever blotted a line : -I believe the common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground . This too might be thought a praise by some . " - But hear Nash , who was far ...
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