The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steevens's Last Edition with a Selection of the Most Important Notes, Volume 1T. Longman, 1797 |
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Page xiii
... kind of refpect due to the memory of excellent men , efpecially of thofe whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver fome account of then- felves , as well as their works , to pofterity . For this reafon , how fond do we ...
... kind of refpect due to the memory of excellent men , efpecially of thofe whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver fome account of then- felves , as well as their works , to pofterity . For this reafon , how fond do we ...
Page xv
... kind of fettlement he continued for fome time , till an extravagance that he was guilty of forced him both out of his country , and that way of living which he had taken up ; and though it feemed at firft to be a blemish upon his good ...
... kind of fettlement he continued for fome time , till an extravagance that he was guilty of forced him both out of his country , and that way of living which he had taken up ; and though it feemed at firft to be a blemish upon his good ...
Page xvi
... kind , to fee and know what was the first essay of a fancy like Shakspeare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his be ginnings , like thofe of other authors , among their leaft perfect writings ; art had fo little , and nature fo large a ...
... kind , to fee and know what was the first essay of a fancy like Shakspeare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his be ginnings , like thofe of other authors , among their leaft perfect writings ; art had fo little , and nature fo large a ...
Page xvii
... kind , could not but be highly pleafed to fee a genius arife amongst them of fo pleafurable , fo rich a vein , and fo plentifully capable of furnishing their favourite entertainments . Belides the ad- vantages of his wit , he was in ...
... kind , could not but be highly pleafed to fee a genius arife amongst them of fo pleafurable , fo rich a vein , and fo plentifully capable of furnishing their favourite entertainments . Belides the ad- vantages of his wit , he was in ...
Page xxiii
... kind in Plautus or Terence . Petruchio , in The Taming of the Shrew , is an uncommon piece of humour . The converfation of Bene- dick and Beatrice , in Much Ado about Nothing , and of Ro- falind , in As you like it , have much wit and ...
... kind in Plautus or Terence . Petruchio , in The Taming of the Shrew , is an uncommon piece of humour . The converfation of Bene- dick and Beatrice , in Much Ado about Nothing , and of Ro- falind , in As you like it , have much wit and ...
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