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 44
... tell him , by the authority of Shakespeare , that he assumes , as an unquestionable principle , a position , which , while his breath is forming it into words , his understanding pronounces to be false . It is false , that any ...
... tell him , by the authority of Shakespeare , that he assumes , as an unquestionable principle , a position , which , while his breath is forming it into words , his understanding pronounces to be false . It is false , that any ...
Page 89
... Thus much for metapnor ; it is contrary to the statute to fly out so early : but who can tell , whether it may not be demonstrated by some critic or other , that a de- viation from rule is peculiarly happy in an Essay on AN ...
... Thus much for metapnor ; it is contrary to the statute to fly out so early : but who can tell , whether it may not be demonstrated by some critic or other , that a de- viation from rule is peculiarly happy in an Essay on AN ...
Page 94
... tell what rule he did it by . How would the old bard have been astonished to have ound , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic di- meter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY called the ithyphallic measure to the Witches in Macbeth ! and ...
... tell what rule he did it by . How would the old bard have been astonished to have ound , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic di- meter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY called the ithyphallic measure to the Witches in Macbeth ! and ...
Page 103
... tell me that , and unyoke ! " alluding to the Burds of the Greeks : and Homer and his scho- liast are quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. Warburton , that the phrase might have been taken from husbandry , with ...
... tell me that , and unyoke ! " alluding to the Burds of the Greeks : and Homer and his scho- liast are quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. Warburton , that the phrase might have been taken from husbandry , with ...
Page 110
... tell us , that Marston's plays were printed at London , 1633 , by the care of William Shakespeare , the famous comedian . - Here again I suppose , in some transcript , the real publisher's name , William Sheares , was abbreviated . No ...
... tell us , that Marston's plays were printed at London , 1633 , by the care of William Shakespeare , the famous comedian . - Here again I suppose , in some transcript , the real publisher's name , William Sheares , was abbreviated . No ...
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