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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Page i
... present age re- fufes , and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet de- nied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
... present age re- fufes , and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet de- nied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
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... present poffeffor to ano- ther claimant . The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excel- lence or depravity ...
... present poffeffor to ano- ther claimant . The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excel- lence or depravity ...
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... present age than any other author equally remote , and among his other excellencies deserves to be studied as one of the original mafters of our language . 1 These observations are to be confidered not as unexceptio- nably constant ...
... present age than any other author equally remote , and among his other excellencies deserves to be studied as one of the original mafters of our language . 1 These observations are to be confidered not as unexceptio- nably constant ...
Page xxxiv
... present po- pularity and prefent profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he folicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no fcruple to repeat the fame jefts in many dialogues , or to ...
... present po- pularity and prefent profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he folicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no fcruple to repeat the fame jefts in many dialogues , or to ...
Page lv
... present to him , and he drew them not labori- " ously , but luckily . When he describes any thing , you more than fee it , you feel it too . Those who accuse him " to have wanted learning , give him the greater commen- " dation he was ...
... present to him , and he drew them not labori- " ously , but luckily . When he describes any thing , you more than fee it , you feel it too . Those who accuse him " to have wanted learning , give him the greater commen- " dation he was ...
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