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Page xi
... there was " ever more in him to be praised than to be par- " doned . " As for the passage which he mentions out of Shak- speare , there is somewhat like it in Julius Cæsar , but without the absurdity ; nor did I ever meet with it in any ...
... there was " ever more in him to be praised than to be par- " doned . " As for the passage which he mentions out of Shak- speare , there is somewhat like it in Julius Cæsar , but without the absurdity ; nor did I ever meet with it in any ...
Page xii
... There is certainly a great deal of enter- tainment in his comical humours ; and though they did not then strike at all ranks of people , as the satire of the present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well ...
... There is certainly a great deal of enter- tainment in his comical humours ; and though they did not then strike at all ranks of people , as the satire of the present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well ...
Page xiii
... there , and makes the Welsh parson descant very pleasantly upon them . That whole play is ad- mirable ; the humours are various and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealousy , is extremely ...
... there , and makes the Welsh parson descant very pleasantly upon them . That whole play is ad- mirable ; the humours are various and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealousy , is extremely ...
Page xiv
... There is something in the friendship of Antonio to Bassanio very great , generous , and tender . The whole fourth act ( sup- posing , as I said , the fact to be probable ) is ex- tremely fine . But there are two passages that de- serve ...
... There is something in the friendship of Antonio to Bassanio very great , generous , and tender . The whole fourth act ( sup- posing , as I said , the fact to be probable ) is ex- tremely fine . But there are two passages that de- serve ...
Page xviii
... there was no established judge , but every one took the liberty to write according to the dic- tates of his own fancy . When one considers , that there is not one play before him of a reputation good enough to entitle it to an ...
... there was no established judge , but every one took the liberty to write according to the dic- tates of his own fancy . When one considers , that there is not one play before him of a reputation good enough to entitle it to an ...
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