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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... manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he ... manners , and a misfor- tune to him , yet it afterwards happily proved the occasion of exerting one of the greatest ...
... manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he ... manners , and a misfor- tune to him , yet it afterwards happily proved the occasion of exerting one of the greatest ...
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... manners , and a most agree- able companion ; so that it is no wonder , if , with so many good qualities , he made himself acquainted with the best conversations of those times . Queen Elizabeth had several of his plays acted before her ...
... manners , and a most agree- able companion ; so that it is no wonder , if , with so many good qualities , he made himself acquainted with the best conversations of those times . Queen Elizabeth had several of his plays acted before her ...
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... manner , that he fancied he intended to write his epitaph , if he happened to outlive him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakespeare gave ...
... manner , that he fancied he intended to write his epitaph , if he happened to outlive him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakespeare gave ...
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... manner of language for that character . It is the same magic that raises the Fairies in A Mid- summer - Night's Dream , the Witches in Macbeth , and the Ghost in Hamlet , with thoughts and language so proper to the parts they sustain ...
... manner of language for that character . It is the same magic that raises the Fairies in A Mid- summer - Night's Dream , the Witches in Macbeth , and the Ghost in Hamlet , with thoughts and language so proper to the parts they sustain ...
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... of the drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... of the drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
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