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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Page 1
... 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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... sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat , as Augustus said of Haterius . His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too . Many times he fell into those things which could not escape ...
... sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat , as Augustus said of Haterius . His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too . Many times he fell into those things which could not escape ...
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... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and Cleopatra ...
... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and Cleopatra ...
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... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind con- templates genius through the shades of age , as the eye VOL . I * First printed in 1765 . C surveys the sun ...
... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind con- templates genius through the shades of age , as the eye VOL . I * First printed in 1765 . C surveys the sun ...
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... sometimes defeated by the frolic of another ; and many mischiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without ... sometimes produce seriousness and sorrow , sometimes levity and laughter . and That this is a practice contrary to the ...
... sometimes defeated by the frolic of another ; and many mischiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without ... sometimes produce seriousness and sorrow , sometimes levity and laughter . and That this is a practice contrary to the ...
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