The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1Jefferson Press, 1906 |
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Page xiv
... Nature's hand . The peerless portraits of Beatrice and Rosalind , belonging to his middle life , prove that youthful woman- hood , as it developed amid those artifices and conven- tions which are inseparable from civilised society , had ...
... Nature's hand . The peerless portraits of Beatrice and Rosalind , belonging to his middle life , prove that youthful woman- hood , as it developed amid those artifices and conven- tions which are inseparable from civilised society , had ...
Page xv
... have sometimes credited Shakespeare with exceptional ignorance , even illiteracy . They have treated him as a natural genius , owing noth- ing to the learning and literature that came before him [ xv ] GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
... have sometimes credited Shakespeare with exceptional ignorance , even illiteracy . They have treated him as a natural genius , owing noth- ing to the learning and literature that came before him [ xv ] GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
Page xxiii
... natural appreciation of the rhythm of prose and He must above all things have faith in the com- plex resources of Shakespeare's genius and some capacity to realise its varied working . The typographical defects of the original editions ...
... natural appreciation of the rhythm of prose and He must above all things have faith in the com- plex resources of Shakespeare's genius and some capacity to realise its varied working . The typographical defects of the original editions ...
Page xxv
... Nature , to out - do the life : O , could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass , as he hath hit His face , the Print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass . But , since he cannot , Reader , look , Not on his Picture ...
... Nature , to out - do the life : O , could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass , as he hath hit His face , the Print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass . But , since he cannot , Reader , look , Not on his Picture ...
Page xxix
... Nature , was a most gentle expresser of it . His mind and hand went together : and what he thought , he uttered with that easiness , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our province , who only ...
... Nature , was a most gentle expresser of it . His mind and hand went together : and what he thought , he uttered with that easiness , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our province , who only ...
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