The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 1 |
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... fear from the flux of years ; but works tentative and experimental must be estimated by their propor- tion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is dif covered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building ...
... fear from the flux of years ; but works tentative and experimental must be estimated by their propor- tion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is dif covered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building ...
Page xxvi
... fears communi- cate no vibration to the heart ; the compofition refers us only to the writer ; we pronounce the name of Cato , but we think on Addifon . The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden ac- curately formed and ...
... fears communi- cate no vibration to the heart ; the compofition refers us only to the writer ; we pronounce the name of Cato , but we think on Addifon . The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden ac- curately formed and ...
Page cxxi
... fear or fcruple . - Again , there have been others , fuch as the two last editors , who have fallen into a contrary extreme ; and regarded Shakespeare's anomalies ( as we may call them ) amongst the corruptions of his text ; which ...
... fear or fcruple . - Again , there have been others , fuch as the two last editors , who have fallen into a contrary extreme ; and regarded Shakespeare's anomalies ( as we may call them ) amongst the corruptions of his text ; which ...
Page cxcviii
... fear or pity . In his Henry VIII . that prince is drawn with that greatness of mind , and all thofe good qualities which are attributed to him in any ac- count of his reign . If his faults are not fhewn in an equal degree , and the ...
... fear or pity . In his Henry VIII . that prince is drawn with that greatness of mind , and all thofe good qualities which are attributed to him in any ac- count of his reign . If his faults are not fhewn in an equal degree , and the ...
Page ccxvi
... fear ; abus'd , and glad To be abus'd ; affected with that truth Which we perceive is falfe , pleas'd in that ruth At which we start , and , by elaborate play , Tortur'd and tickl'd ; by a crab - like way Time paft made pastime , and in ...
... fear ; abus'd , and glad To be abus'd ; affected with that truth Which we perceive is falfe , pleas'd in that ruth At which we start , and , by elaborate play , Tortur'd and tickl'd ; by a crab - like way Time paft made pastime , and in ...
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