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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... Play , by Mr. Rowe , Mr. Pope , Mr. Theobald , Sir Thomas Hanmer , Dr. Warburton , and Dr. Johnson , are here collected together , and printed in proper order at the end of the Volume .. A very few of Mr. Theobald's only excepted ...
... Play , by Mr. Rowe , Mr. Pope , Mr. Theobald , Sir Thomas Hanmer , Dr. Warburton , and Dr. Johnson , are here collected together , and printed in proper order at the end of the Volume .. A very few of Mr. Theobald's only excepted ...
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... play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish Ufurper is reprefented as a drunkard . But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident ; and if he pre- ferves the effential character , is ...
... play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish Ufurper is reprefented as a drunkard . But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident ; and if he pre- ferves the effential character , is ...
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... plays were written , which , by changing the catastrophe , were tragedies to - day and comedies to - morrow . Tragedy ... play , though in terms which a modern audi- ence would not eafily endure ; the character of Polonius is feasonable ...
... plays were written , which , by changing the catastrophe , were tragedies to - day and comedies to - morrow . Tragedy ... play , though in terms which a modern audi- ence would not eafily endure ; the character of Polonius is feasonable ...
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... play is the end of ex- pectation . To the unities of time and place he has fhewn no regard , and perhaps a nearer view of the principles on which they ftand will diminish their value , and withdraw from them the veneration which , from ...
... play is the end of ex- pectation . To the unities of time and place he has fhewn no regard , and perhaps a nearer view of the principles on which they ftand will diminish their value , and withdraw from them the veneration which , from ...
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... playing befide us , and fuch . woods waving over us . We are agitated in reading the hiftory of Henry the Fifth , yet ... play acted . It is therefore evident , that the action is not fuppofed to be real , and it follows that between the ...
... playing befide us , and fuch . woods waving over us . We are agitated in reading the hiftory of Henry the Fifth , yet ... play acted . It is therefore evident , that the action is not fuppofed to be real , and it follows that between the ...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, from the Text of S. Johnson, with the Prefaces ... William Shakespeare No preview available - 2015 |
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