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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... Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no sooner than 1604 : much too late ...
... Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no sooner than 1604 : much too late ...
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... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- sent occasion . But you want my opinion : -and from every mark of style and manner , I make no doubt of ascribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left some plays in MS . - These ...
... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- sent occasion . But you want my opinion : -and from every mark of style and manner , I make no doubt of ascribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left some plays in MS . - These ...
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... thou sayst is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... thou sayst is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
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... Tragedy , that the portrait of Macbeth's wife is copied from Buchanan , " whose spirit , as well as words , is translated into the play of Shakspeare : and it had signified nothing to have pored only on Holinshed for facts . " Animus ...
... Tragedy , that the portrait of Macbeth's wife is copied from Buchanan , " whose spirit , as well as words , is translated into the play of Shakspeare : and it had signified nothing to have pored only on Holinshed for facts . " Animus ...
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... is quoted , as it had been before , in Mr. Guthrie's Essay on Tragedy , with a small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1044 , p . 50 . nature hath bestowed them upon me . The bright shining LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55.
... is quoted , as it had been before , in Mr. Guthrie's Essay on Tragedy , with a small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1044 , p . 50 . nature hath bestowed them upon me . The bright shining LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55.
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