The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1T. Bensley, 1803 |
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Page vi
... present offence was indeed avoided ; but I do not know whether the author may not have been somewhat to blame in his second choice , since it is certain that Sir John Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieutenant- general ...
... present offence was indeed avoided ; but I do not know whether the author may not have been somewhat to blame in his second choice , since it is certain that Sir John Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieutenant- general ...
Page vii
... present age has shown to French dancers and Italian singers . What particular habitude or friendships he con- tracted with private men , I have not been able to learn , more than that every one , who had a true taste of merit , and ...
... present age has shown to French dancers and Italian singers . What particular habitude or friendships he con- tracted with private men , I have not been able to learn , more than that every one , who had a true taste of merit , and ...
Page xii
... present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well - distinguished variety in those characters which he thought fit to meddle with . Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a ma- ster - piece ; the character is ...
... present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well - distinguished variety in those characters which he thought fit to meddle with . Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a ma- ster - piece ; the character is ...
Page xviii
... present stage , it cannot but be a matter of great wonder that he should advance dramatic poetry so far as he did . The fable is what is generally placed the first , among those that are reckoned the constituent parts of a tragic or ...
... present stage , it cannot but be a matter of great wonder that he should advance dramatic poetry so far as he did . The fable is what is generally placed the first , among those that are reckoned the constituent parts of a tragic or ...
Page xxv
... present them- selves , I am Shakspeare's Shakspeare's boy , Sir . In time Shak- speare found higher employment : but as long as the practice of riding to the playhouse continued , the waiters that held the horses retained the ...
... present them- selves , I am Shakspeare's Shakspeare's boy , Sir . In time Shak- speare found higher employment : but as long as the practice of riding to the playhouse continued , the waiters that held the horses retained the ...
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