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Page i
... must be confefsed to be the fairest and fullest subject for Criticism , and to afford the most numerous , as well as most confpicuous instances , both of Beau- ties and Faults of all forts . But this far ex- ceeds the bounds of a ...
... must be confefsed to be the fairest and fullest subject for Criticism , and to afford the most numerous , as well as most confpicuous instances , both of Beau- ties and Faults of all forts . But this far ex- ceeds the bounds of a ...
Page iv
... must be own'd that with all these great excellencies , he has almost as great defects ; and that as he has certainly writ- ten better , fo he has perhaps written worse , than any other . But I think I can in fome measure account for ...
... must be own'd that with all these great excellencies , he has almost as great defects ; and that as he has certainly writ- ten better , fo he has perhaps written worse , than any other . But I think I can in fome measure account for ...
Page vii
... must be observed , that when his performances had merited the protection of his Prince , and when the encouragement of the Court had fucceeded to that of the Town ; the works of his riper years are manifestly raised above those of his ...
... must be observed , that when his performances had merited the protection of his Prince , and when the encouragement of the Court had fucceeded to that of the Town ; the works of his riper years are manifestly raised above those of his ...
Page ix
... must be charg'd upon the Poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two Disadvantages which I have mentioned ( to be obliged to please the lowest of people , and to keep the worst of company ) if the confidera- tion be ...
... must be charg'd upon the Poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two Disadvantages which I have mentioned ( to be obliged to please the lowest of people , and to keep the worst of company ) if the confidera- tion be ...
Page xv
... must have proceeded from a man , who had not fo much as read any history , in a- ny language : fo could not be Shakespear's . I shall now lay before the reader fome of those almost innumerable Errors , which have risen from one fource ...
... must have proceeded from a man , who had not fo much as read any history , in a- ny language : fo could not be Shakespear's . I shall now lay before the reader fome of those almost innumerable Errors , which have risen from one fource ...
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