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Page xvii
... upon the Author . He himself complained of this usage in Hamlet , where he wishes that those who play the Clowns wou'd speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3 . Sc . 4. ) Sc . 4. ) But as a proof that he The PREFACE . xvii.
... upon the Author . He himself complained of this usage in Hamlet , where he wishes that those who play the Clowns wou'd speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3 . Sc . 4. ) Sc . 4. ) But as a proof that he The PREFACE . xvii.
Page xx
... 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 Underling . fork ) Profe from verse ...
... 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 Underling . fork ) Profe from verse ...
Page xxxix
... speaking to him , " Cæfar thou doft me wrong . " He reply'd ; " Cæfar did never wrong , but with just cause . " and fuch like , which were ridiculous . But he " redeem'd his vices with his virtues : There was " ever more in him to be ...
... speaking to him , " Cæfar thou doft me wrong . " He reply'd ; " Cæfar did never wrong , but with just cause . " and fuch like , which were ridiculous . But he " redeem'd his vices with his virtues : There was " ever more in him to be ...
Page xliv
... Speaking of a maid in love , he says , - She never told her love , But let concealment , like a worm i ' th ' bud , Feed on her damask cheek : She pin'd in thought , And fate like Patience on a monument , Smiling at Grief . What an ...
... Speaking of a maid in love , he says , - She never told her love , But let concealment , like a worm i ' th ' bud , Feed on her damask cheek : She pin'd in thought , And fate like Patience on a monument , Smiling at Grief . What an ...
Page xlvii
... speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the Poet , he may be general- ly justify'd , and in very many places greatly com- mended . For those Plays which he has taken from the English or Roman history , let any man ...
... speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the Poet , he may be general- ly justify'd , and in very many places greatly com- mended . For those Plays which he has taken from the English or Roman history , let any man ...
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