Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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... Plautus hath Amphitrio . But if we marke them well , we fhall finde " that they never , or very daintily match horne - pipes and " funerals . *** The whole tract of a comedie fhould be ( 8 full of delight , as the tragedie should be ...
... Plautus hath Amphitrio . But if we marke them well , we fhall finde " that they never , or very daintily match horne - pipes and " funerals . *** The whole tract of a comedie fhould be ( 8 full of delight , as the tragedie should be ...
Page 116
... Plautus was a great imitator of Epicharmus , as Horace informs us in that well - known verse , Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi Dicitur . In his Curculio , A & t V. Scene IV . he has this imitation of his Sicilian mafter ...
... Plautus was a great imitator of Epicharmus , as Horace informs us in that well - known verse , Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi Dicitur . In his Curculio , A & t V. Scene IV . he has this imitation of his Sicilian mafter ...
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... Plautus and Terence are copies of the Grecian stage ; the latter , Caefar called , dimidiate Me- nander . If their tragic poets were no better than Seneca , their lofs is not greatly to be regretted . It might not be difpleafing to the ...
... Plautus and Terence are copies of the Grecian stage ; the latter , Caefar called , dimidiate Me- nander . If their tragic poets were no better than Seneca , their lofs is not greatly to be regretted . It might not be difpleafing to the ...
Page 146
John Upton. Book II . play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludi- crous description of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her ...
John Upton. Book II . play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludi- crous description of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her ...
Page 234
... Plautus , " Hic annus fextus , poftquam rei buic operam damus . Iftros , Hifpanos , Maflylienfes , Illurios , " Mare fuperum omne , Gręciamque exoticam , Orafque ITALICAS omnes , quą egreditur mare , " Sumus circumvelti . ” 66 Who does ...
... Plautus , " Hic annus fextus , poftquam rei buic operam damus . Iftros , Hifpanos , Maflylienfes , Illurios , " Mare fuperum omne , Gręciamque exoticam , Orafque ITALICAS omnes , quą egreditur mare , " Sumus circumvelti . ” 66 Who does ...
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