The Works of Shakespear, Volume 1Printed at the Theatre, 1744 |
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Page ii
... defired to bear in mind , that as the corruptions are more numerous and of a groffer kind than can well be conceived but by those who have looked nearly into them ; them ; fo in the correcting them this rule hath II The PREFACE .
... defired to bear in mind , that as the corruptions are more numerous and of a groffer kind than can well be conceived but by those who have looked nearly into them ; them ; fo in the correcting them this rule hath II The PREFACE .
Page iii
... those paffages are here thrown to the bottom of the page and rejected as Spurious , which were ftigma- tized as fuch in Mr. Pope's Edition ; and it were to be wifhed that more had then undergone the fame fentence . The promoter of the ...
... those paffages are here thrown to the bottom of the page and rejected as Spurious , which were ftigma- tized as fuch in Mr. Pope's Edition ; and it were to be wifhed that more had then undergone the fame fentence . The promoter of the ...
Page viii
... those before him . The Poetry of Shakespear was Inspiration indeed : he is not fo much an Imitator , as an Inftrument , of Nature ; and ' tis not fo just to say that he speaks from her , as that fhe speaks thro ' him . His Characters ...
... those before him . The Poetry of Shakespear was Inspiration indeed : he is not fo much an Imitator , as an Inftrument , of Nature ; and ' tis not fo just to say that he speaks from her , as that fhe speaks thro ' him . His Characters ...
Page ix
... those great and publick scenes of life which are usually the subject of his thoughts : So that he seems to have known the world by Intuition , to have look'd thro ' human nature at one glance , and to be the only Author that gives ...
... those great and publick scenes of life which are usually the subject of his thoughts : So that he seems to have known the world by Intuition , to have look'd thro ' human nature at one glance , and to be the only Author that gives ...
Page x
... those of their own rank accordingly we find , that not our Author's on- ly but almost all the old Comedies have their Scene among Tradesmen and Mechanicks : And even their Historical Plays ftrictly follow the common Old Stories or ...
... those of their own rank accordingly we find , that not our Author's on- ly but almost all the old Comedies have their Scene among Tradesmen and Mechanicks : And even their Historical Plays ftrictly follow the common Old Stories or ...
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