Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page lvi
... Such poetical embellishments , I think , were never , ' till now , called ignorance . XI . But Mr. W. has fairly told us in the title page of bis edition , that be , in conjunction with Mr. Pope , bas corrected and emended the GENUINE ...
... Such poetical embellishments , I think , were never , ' till now , called ignorance . XI . But Mr. W. has fairly told us in the title page of bis edition , that be , in conjunction with Mr. Pope , bas corrected and emended the GENUINE ...
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... such a name as Shakespeare's , would gladly fhelter their own- idleness and ignorance . He was bred in a learned age , when even the 3 court ladies learnt Greek , and the Queen of England among scholars had the reputation of being a ...
... such a name as Shakespeare's , would gladly fhelter their own- idleness and ignorance . He was bred in a learned age , when even the 3 court ladies learnt Greek , and the Queen of England among scholars had the reputation of being a ...
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... such a miserable country ; which Rome foon began to be fenfible of . 6 " In our forefathers time , when papistry , as a standing " pool , covered and overflowed all England , few books were read in our tongue , faving certain books of ...
... such a miserable country ; which Rome foon began to be fenfible of . 6 " In our forefathers time , when papistry , as a standing " pool , covered and overflowed all England , few books were read in our tongue , faving certain books of ...
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... such a duel fought , as , in Don Quixote , the fquire of the knight of the wood proposes between himself and Sancho . For the plebeians , not being al- lowed the use of the fword or lance , fought with wooden staves , at the end of ...
... such a duel fought , as , in Don Quixote , the fquire of the knight of the wood proposes between himself and Sancho . For the plebeians , not being al- lowed the use of the fword or lance , fought with wooden staves , at the end of ...
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... such is it's deceitful nature . And how poetically is the whole managed , to make all the incidents produce each the other neceffarily and in order ; till the measure of their iniquity being full , they both miserably perish ? And thus ...
... such is it's deceitful nature . And how poetically is the whole managed , to make all the incidents produce each the other neceffarily and in order ; till the measure of their iniquity being full , they both miserably perish ? And thus ...
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