Imperfect Hints Towards a New Edition of ShakespearePrinted at the Logographic Press, by J. Walter, for the author, and sold by J. Robson, 1787 |
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... letter pofitively affuring the public , that he was in want of a fum to pay Parifian artists , who were executing plates for an edition of Shakespeare in quarto . The letter mentions that the person who wrote it , had seen specimens of ...
... letter pofitively affuring the public , that he was in want of a fum to pay Parifian artists , who were executing plates for an edition of Shakespeare in quarto . The letter mentions that the person who wrote it , had seen specimens of ...
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... taken from fome picture of Shakespeare , at that day well known in the theatre , which might have been an original , THERE is a portrait in the British Museum , was a letter which always accompanied , or was fixed 【 vii )
... taken from fome picture of Shakespeare , at that day well known in the theatre , which might have been an original , THERE is a portrait in the British Museum , was a letter which always accompanied , or was fixed 【 vii )
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Samuel Felton. was a letter which always accompanied , or was fixed to the back of this picture , but on its being new lined and cleaned fome few years ago , the letter was loft . It contained fome particulars about the picture . If the ...
Samuel Felton. was a letter which always accompanied , or was fixed to the back of this picture , but on its being new lined and cleaned fome few years ago , the letter was loft . It contained fome particulars about the picture . If the ...
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... letter is from the Gent's . Mag . for June 1759 . Mr. URBAN , A doubt of a new kind , and not unworthy of notice , has arifen among fome , whether the old monu- mental Buft of Shakespeare , in the collegiate church of Stratford upon ...
... letter is from the Gent's . Mag . for June 1759 . Mr. URBAN , A doubt of a new kind , and not unworthy of notice , has arifen among fome , whether the old monu- mental Buft of Shakespeare , in the collegiate church of Stratford upon ...
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... er thy lamented tomb . AND " A knowledge boundlefs as fcience , with all the fplendour of learning , and all the grace of culti vated fancy . " Letters on England , 1772 . AND see the conclusion ( and indeed the whole ) ( xxix )
... er thy lamented tomb . AND " A knowledge boundlefs as fcience , with all the fplendour of learning , and all the grace of culti vated fancy . " Letters on England , 1772 . AND see the conclusion ( and indeed the whole ) ( xxix )
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Page 90 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Page 124 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath. Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks. And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 124 - How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry ! which their keepers call A lightning before death...
Page xxviii - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that...
Page 20 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 58 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Page 88 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes Of mortals, that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 86 - It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Page 49 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 108 - Among the English, Shakespear has incomparably excelled all others. That noble extravagance of fancy, which he had in so great perfection, thoroughly qualified him to touch this weak superstitious part of his reader's imagination ; and made him capable of succeeding, where he had nothing to support him besides the strength of his own genius.