The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies. HistoriesC. Knight, 1842 |
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... Shakspere's later writings , and the freedom of versification which contrasts with the regularity of his earlier works , have occasionally tempted the commentators to try their hands at emendation , the or- dinary text is upon the whole ...
... Shakspere's later writings , and the freedom of versification which contrasts with the regularity of his earlier works , have occasionally tempted the commentators to try their hands at emendation , the or- dinary text is upon the whole ...
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... Shakspere's plays , we mean Horace Walpole , whose conjecture is so ingenious and amusing that we copy it with- out abridgment : - " The Winter's Tale ' may be ranked among the historic plays of Shakspere , though not one of his ...
... Shakspere's plays , we mean Horace Walpole , whose conjecture is so ingenious and amusing that we copy it with- out abridgment : - " The Winter's Tale ' may be ranked among the historic plays of Shakspere , though not one of his ...
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... Shakspere's theatre , the Globe . It was most probably then a new play ; for he is very minute in his description of the plot . " Observe there how Leontes , King of Sicilia , was overcome with jealousy of his wife with the King of ...
... Shakspere's theatre , the Globe . It was most probably then a new play ; for he is very minute in his description of the plot . " Observe there how Leontes , King of Sicilia , was overcome with jealousy of his wife with the King of ...
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... Shakspere is perfectly aware of the difficulty ; and he diminishes it by the introduction of Time as a Chorus ... Shakspere's general disregard of the unities of time and place : -- " By supposition , as place is introduced , time ...
... Shakspere is perfectly aware of the difficulty ; and he diminishes it by the introduction of Time as a Chorus ... Shakspere's general disregard of the unities of time and place : -- " By supposition , as place is introduced , time ...
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... Shakspere the fault , if fault it be , which he knew to be the common property of the romantic drama . Gifford , in a ... Shakspere's commentators to show that Jonson treated his great contemporary with a paltry jealousy ; but we object ...
... Shakspere the fault , if fault it be , which he knew to be the common property of the romantic drama . Gifford , in a ... Shakspere's commentators to show that Jonson treated his great contemporary with a paltry jealousy ; but we object ...
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