The Complete Works of William Shakspeare: With Dr. Johnson's Preface; a Glossary, an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the AuthorScott, Webster & Geary, 1836 - 926 pages |
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Page xxvi
... mind : he was " verie good company , " says Aubrey , " and of a very ready , and pleasant , and smooth witt . " In this , as Mr. Godwin has justly observed , he bore a striking resemblance to Chaucer , who was re- markable for the ...
... mind : he was " verie good company , " says Aubrey , " and of a very ready , and pleasant , and smooth witt . " In this , as Mr. Godwin has justly observed , he bore a striking resemblance to Chaucer , who was re- markable for the ...
Page xxviii
... mind soon became violently agitated in the conflict of opposite opinions . Every indi- vidual was called upon to ... minds and gifted spirits ; but it was dead to the multi- tude of his countrymen , who , in their foolish bigotry , would ...
... mind soon became violently agitated in the conflict of opposite opinions . Every indi- vidual was called upon to ... minds and gifted spirits ; but it was dead to the multi- tude of his countrymen , who , in their foolish bigotry , would ...
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... mind contemplates genius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns , and the beauties of the ancients . While an author is ...
... mind contemplates genius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns , and the beauties of the ancients . While an author is ...
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... mind , are checked and blasted by fairies . Shakspeare , indeed , was not the only vio - sudden frigidity . ator of chronology , for in the same age Sidney , who wanted not the advantages of learning , has in his Arcadia , confounded ...
... mind , are checked and blasted by fairies . Shakspeare , indeed , was not the only vio - sudden frigidity . ator of chronology , for in the same age Sidney , who wanted not the advantages of learning , has in his Arcadia , confounded ...
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... mind thus wandering in ecstacy perplexed and regularly unravelled ; he does not en - should count the clock , or why an hour should not deavour to hide his design only to discover it , for be a century in that calenture of the brains ...
... mind thus wandering in ecstacy perplexed and regularly unravelled ; he does not en - should count the clock , or why an hour should not deavour to hide his design only to discover it , for be a century in that calenture of the brains ...
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