Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pages |
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... thee undivulged crimes Unwhipt of justice ! Hide thee thou bloody hand , Thou perjur'd , and thou fimular of virtue , That art incestuous ! Caitiff , fhake to pieces , That under covert , and convenient seeming , Haft Haft practis'd on ...
... thee undivulged crimes Unwhipt of justice ! Hide thee thou bloody hand , Thou perjur'd , and thou fimular of virtue , That art incestuous ! Caitiff , fhake to pieces , That under covert , and convenient seeming , Haft Haft practis'd on ...
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... , rude fociety As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , And hold their level with thy princely heart ? G K. HENRY . K. HENRY . Heav'n pardon thee . Yet let me The First Part of HENRY IV . 97.
... , rude fociety As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , And hold their level with thy princely heart ? G K. HENRY . K. HENRY . Heav'n pardon thee . Yet let me The First Part of HENRY IV . 97.
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... thee . Yet let me wonder , Harry , At thy affections , which do hold a wing Quite from the flight of all thy ancestors . Thy place in council thou haft rudely loft ,, Which by thy younger brother is supply'd ; And art almoft an alien to ...
... thee . Yet let me wonder , Harry , At thy affections , which do hold a wing Quite from the flight of all thy ancestors . Thy place in council thou haft rudely loft ,, Which by thy younger brother is supply'd ; And art almoft an alien to ...
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... thee more ; Which now doth , what I would not have it do , Make blind itself with foolish tenderness . Our author is fo little under the discipline of art , that we are apt to afcribe his hap- pieft fucceffes , as well as his most unfor ...
... thee more ; Which now doth , what I would not have it do , Make blind itself with foolish tenderness . Our author is fo little under the discipline of art , that we are apt to afcribe his hap- pieft fucceffes , as well as his most unfor ...
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... thee much ; within this wall of flesh There is a foul counts thee her creditor , And with advantage means to pay thy love : And , my good friend , thy voluntary oath Lives in this bofom , dearly cherished . Give me thy hand , I had a ...
... thee much ; within this wall of flesh There is a foul counts thee her creditor , And with advantage means to pay thy love : And , my good friend , thy voluntary oath Lives in this bofom , dearly cherished . Give me thy hand , I had a ...
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