Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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... As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce to the better understanding his book ; and though the works VOL . I. B of Mr. Shakespeare may seem to many not to want SOME ACCOUNT ...
... As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce to the better understanding his book ; and though the works VOL . I. B of Mr. Shakespeare may seem to many not to want SOME ACCOUNT ...
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... never having read them . Whether his igno- rance of the ancients were a disadvantage to him or no , may admit of a dispute : for though the knowledge of them might have made him more correct , yet it SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... never having read them . Whether his igno- rance of the ancients were a disadvantage to him or no , may admit of a dispute : for though the knowledge of them might have made him more correct , yet it SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
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... knowledge and polite learning to admire him . His acquaintance with Ben Jonson began with a remark- able piece of humanity and good - nature : Mr. Jonson , who was at that time altogether unknown to the world , had offered one of his ...
... knowledge and polite learning to admire him . His acquaintance with Ben Jonson began with a remark- able piece of humanity and good - nature : Mr. Jonson , who was at that time altogether unknown to the world , had offered one of his ...
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... knowledge of many mountains , and many rivers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind . Demonstration immediately displays its power , and has ...
... knowledge of many mountains , and many rivers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind . Demonstration immediately displays its power , and has ...
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... knowledge could supply , he seldom escapes without the pity or resentment of his reader . It is incident to him to be now and then entangled with an unwieldy sentiment , which he cannot well express , and will not reject ; he struggles ...
... knowledge could supply , he seldom escapes without the pity or resentment of his reader . It is incident to him to be now and then entangled with an unwieldy sentiment , which he cannot well express , and will not reject ; he struggles ...
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