The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and ReedT. Nelson, 1843 - 964 pages |
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Page v
... nature no man can properly call a river deep , or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains , and many riv- ers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other ...
... nature no man can properly call a river deep , or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains , and many riv- ers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other ...
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... nature as it acts in real exigencies , but as it would be found in trials , to which it cannot be exposed . If there be , what I believe there is ,. high and the low co - operate in the general system by una- voidable concatenation ...
... nature as it acts in real exigencies , but as it would be found in trials , to which it cannot be exposed . If there be , what I believe there is ,. high and the low co - operate in the general system by una- voidable concatenation ...
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... nature ; when he en where this poet seems to have gathered his comic dialogue.deavoured , like other tragic writers , to catch opportunities He is therefore more agreeable to the ears of the present age of amplification , and instead of ...
... nature ; when he en where this poet seems to have gathered his comic dialogue.deavoured , like other tragic writers , to catch opportunities He is therefore more agreeable to the ears of the present age of amplification , and instead of ...
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... nature . There is no reason why a mind thus wan- dering in ecstacy should count the clock , or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are ...
... nature . There is no reason why a mind thus wan- dering in ecstacy should count the clock , or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the stage a field . The truth is , that the spectators are ...
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... nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we still find that on our stage some . thing must be ... nature so large a share in what he did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his ' youth , as they ...
... nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we still find that on our stage some . thing must be ... nature so large a share in what he did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his ' youth , as they ...
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