The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's Last Edition, Volume 1H. Baldwin and son, for C. Dilly, 1798 |
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... moft fire and strength of imagination in them , were the beft . I would not be thought by this to mean , that his fancy was fo loofe and extravagant , as to be independent on the rule and government of judgment ; but that what he ...
... moft fire and strength of imagination in them , were the beft . I would not be thought by this to mean , that his fancy was fo loofe and extravagant , as to be independent on the rule and government of judgment ; but that what he ...
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... moft agrecable companion ; fo that it is no wonder , if , with fo many good qualities , he made himself acquainted with the beft conver- fations of those times . Queen Elizabeth had feveral of his plays acted before her , and without ...
... moft agrecable companion ; fo that it is no wonder , if , with fo many good qualities , he made himself acquainted with the beft conver- fations of those times . Queen Elizabeth had feveral of his plays acted before her , and without ...
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... moft commonly fprightly and pleafing , except in thofe places where he runs into doggerel rhimes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and fome other plays . As for his jingling fometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of ...
... moft commonly fprightly and pleafing , except in thofe places where he runs into doggerel rhimes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and fome other plays . As for his jingling fometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of ...
Page xix
... moft commonly rather to defcribe thofe great men in the feveral fortunes and acci- dents of their lives , than to take any fingle great action , and form his work fimply upon that . How- ever , there are fome of his pieces , where the ...
... moft commonly rather to defcribe thofe great men in the feveral fortunes and acci- dents of their lives , than to take any fingle great action , and form his work fimply upon that . How- ever , there are fome of his pieces , where the ...
Page xxi
... moft confiderable part of the paffages relating to this life , which I have here tranfmitted the pub- lick ; his veneration for the memory of Shakspeare having engaged him to make a journey into War- wickshire , on purpose to gather up ...
... moft confiderable part of the paffages relating to this life , which I have here tranfmitted the pub- lick ; his veneration for the memory of Shakspeare having engaged him to make a journey into War- wickshire , on purpose to gather up ...
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