The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 |
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... ftill more difficult to con- ceive . For whatever Parts he might have either of Genius or Erudition , he was abfolutely ignorant of the Art of Criticifm , as well as of the Poetry of that Time , and the Language of his Author . And fo ...
... ftill more difficult to con- ceive . For whatever Parts he might have either of Genius or Erudition , he was abfolutely ignorant of the Art of Criticifm , as well as of the Poetry of that Time , and the Language of his Author . And fo ...
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... ftill as much a Secret as his Mean- ing , which that Licence had obfcured ) fell into two contrary Mistakes ; but equally injurious to his Re- putation and his Writings . For fome of them ob- ferving a Darkness , that pervaded his whole ...
... ftill as much a Secret as his Mean- ing , which that Licence had obfcured ) fell into two contrary Mistakes ; but equally injurious to his Re- putation and his Writings . For fome of them ob- ferving a Darkness , that pervaded his whole ...
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... ftill been the Sentiment of Nature and true Wisdom . Hence , the greatest Men of Antiquity never thought themselves better employed than in cultivating their own country idiom . So Lycurgus did honour to Sparta , in giving the first ...
... ftill been the Sentiment of Nature and true Wisdom . Hence , the greatest Men of Antiquity never thought themselves better employed than in cultivating their own country idiom . So Lycurgus did honour to Sparta , in giving the first ...
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... ftill , fure , with the fame indecency and indifcretion ) at that in- comparable Man , for wearing out a long Life in por- ing through a Telescope . Indeed , the Weakneffes of Such are to be mentioned with reverence . But who can bear ...
... ftill , fure , with the fame indecency and indifcretion ) at that in- comparable Man , for wearing out a long Life in por- ing through a Telescope . Indeed , the Weakneffes of Such are to be mentioned with reverence . But who can bear ...
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... ftill for fome time , told ' em , That if Mr. Shakespear had not read the Ancients , he had likewife not ftolen any thing from ' em ; and that if he would produce any one Topick finely treated by any of them , he would undertake to fhew ...
... ftill for fome time , told ' em , That if Mr. Shakespear had not read the Ancients , he had likewife not ftolen any thing from ' em ; and that if he would produce any one Topick finely treated by any of them , he would undertake to fhew ...
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