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Page iv
... seems to have known the world by Intuition , to have look'd thro ' humane nature at one glance , and to be the only Author that gives ground for a very new opinion , That the Philofopher and even the Man of the world , may be Born , as ...
... seems to have known the world by Intuition , to have look'd thro ' humane nature at one glance , and to be the only Author that gives ground for a very new opinion , That the Philofopher and even the Man of the world , may be Born , as ...
Page v
... seems to me almost as fingularly unlucky , as that so many various ( nay contrary ) Ta- lents should meet in one man , was happy and extraordinary . It must be allowed that Stage - Poetry of all other , is more particularly levell'd to ...
... seems to me almost as fingularly unlucky , as that so many various ( nay contrary ) Ta- lents should meet in one man , was happy and extraordinary . It must be allowed that Stage - Poetry of all other , is more particularly levell'd to ...
Page xiv
... seems to pro- ceed from a personal kindness ; he tells us that he lov'd the man , as well as honoured his memory ; celebrates the honesty , open- ness , and frankness of his temper ; and only diftinguishes , as he reasonably ought ...
... seems to pro- ceed from a personal kindness ; he tells us that he lov'd the man , as well as honoured his memory ; celebrates the honesty , open- ness , and frankness of his temper ; and only diftinguishes , as he reasonably ought ...
Page xviii
... seems , without any other reason , than their wil- lingness to shorten fome scenes : These men ( as it was faid of Procrustes ) either lopping , or stretching an Author , to make him just fit for their Stage . This edition is said to be ...
... seems , without any other reason , than their wil- lingness to shorten fome scenes : These men ( as it was faid of Procrustes ) either lopping , or stretching an Author , to make him just fit for their Stage . This edition is said to be ...
Page xx
... seems chargeable with making them speak out of character : Or sometimes perhaps for no better reason , than that a governing Player , to have the mouthing of some favourite speech himself , would snatch it from the unworthy lips of an ...
... seems chargeable with making them speak out of character : Or sometimes perhaps for no better reason , than that a governing Player , to have the mouthing of some favourite speech himself , would snatch it from the unworthy lips of an ...
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