An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pages |
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Page 92
... ( says he ) I I then , all smarting with my wounds being cold , Out of my grief and my impatience To be fo pefter'd with a popingjoy , Answer'd neglectingly - I know not what . Thus has the poet artfully taken from the rebel the hateful ...
... ( says he ) I I then , all smarting with my wounds being cold , Out of my grief and my impatience To be fo pefter'd with a popingjoy , Answer'd neglectingly - I know not what . Thus has the poet artfully taken from the rebel the hateful ...
Page 114
... says , very Heaven knows , my fon , By what by - paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown . Thefe delicacies of conduct lie hardly within the poet's province , but have their fource in that great and univerfal capacity , which ...
... says , very Heaven knows , my fon , By what by - paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown . Thefe delicacies of conduct lie hardly within the poet's province , but have their fource in that great and univerfal capacity , which ...
Page 127
... voluntary oath Lives in this bofom , dearly cherished . Give me thy hand , I had a thing to say- But I will fit it with fome better time . By 1 By heaven , Hubert , I'm almost afham'd To The Second Part of HENRY IV . 127.
... voluntary oath Lives in this bofom , dearly cherished . Give me thy hand , I had a thing to say- But I will fit it with fome better time . By 1 By heaven , Hubert , I'm almost afham'd To The Second Part of HENRY IV . 127.
Page 128
... say so yet , - But thou fhalt have - and creep time ne'er fo flow , Yet it fhall come for me to do thee good . I had a thing to fay - but , let it go : The fun is in the heav'n , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures of the ...
... say so yet , - But thou fhalt have - and creep time ne'er fo flow , Yet it fhall come for me to do thee good . I had a thing to fay - but , let it go : The fun is in the heav'n , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures of the ...
Page 166
... , if thou haft uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasure in the womb of earth , For which , they say , you spirits oft walk in death , Speak of it . · Its vanishing at the crowing of the Cock , Its 166 On the Præternatural Beings .
... , if thou haft uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasure in the womb of earth , For which , they say , you spirits oft walk in death , Speak of it . · Its vanishing at the crowing of the Cock , Its 166 On the Præternatural Beings .
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