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Page 43
... Shakespeare himfelf ; who , to en- rich his fcene with that variety , which his exu + berant genius fo largely fupplied , hath deformed his beft plays with thefe prodigious incongruities , CUPIT REM PRODI- 29. QUI VARIARE GIALITER UNAM ...
... Shakespeare himfelf ; who , to en- rich his fcene with that variety , which his exu + berant genius fo largely fupplied , hath deformed his beft plays with thefe prodigious incongruities , CUPIT REM PRODI- 29. QUI VARIARE GIALITER UNAM ...
Page 49
... Shakespeare is he , of all our poets , who has most successfully practised this fecret , it may not be amifs to illuftrate the precept before us by examples taken from his writings . But first it will be proper to explain the pres cept ...
... Shakespeare is he , of all our poets , who has most successfully practised this fecret , it may not be amifs to illuftrate the precept before us by examples taken from his writings . But first it will be proper to explain the pres cept ...
Page 52
... it may be exempli- fied in the practice of Shakespeare . 1. The firft example of this artful management , if it were only in complaifance to former com- mentators , mentators , fhall be that of compound epithets ; of 52 NOTES ON THE.
... it may be exempli- fied in the practice of Shakespeare . 1. The firft example of this artful management , if it were only in complaifance to former com- mentators , mentators , fhall be that of compound epithets ; of 52 NOTES ON THE.
Page 56
... Shakespeare it stood thus , And like the tyrannous breathing of the North Shakes all our Buds from growing- But the fagacious Editor faw that this reading was corrupt , and therefore altered the last word , growing , for unanswerable ...
... Shakespeare it stood thus , And like the tyrannous breathing of the North Shakes all our Buds from growing- But the fagacious Editor faw that this reading was corrupt , and therefore altered the last word , growing , for unanswerable ...
Page 59
... Shakespeare which furprize us by their novelty ; and which furprize us generally , on account of his preferring the specific idea to the general in the subjects of his metaphors , and the circumftances of his defcription ; an excel ...
... Shakespeare which furprize us by their novelty ; and which furprize us generally , on account of his preferring the specific idea to the general in the subjects of his metaphors , and the circumftances of his defcription ; an excel ...
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