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Page viii
... tis of no great importance where I begin , the difficulty will be where to end . Let us then hear the pathetic invocation of King Lear at the fight of bis ungrateful daughter . " O Heav'ns " " O Heav'ns If you do love old men viii PREFACE .
... tis of no great importance where I begin , the difficulty will be where to end . Let us then hear the pathetic invocation of King Lear at the fight of bis ungrateful daughter . " O Heav'ns " " O Heav'ns If you do love old men viii PREFACE .
Page xxviii
... VIII . 426 . " But man by number is to manifeft " His fingle imperfection , and beget " Like of his like , bis image multiply'd : " In unity defective ; which requires " Collateral love , and dearest amity . " Collateral love , i . e ...
... VIII . 426 . " But man by number is to manifeft " His fingle imperfection , and beget " Like of his like , bis image multiply'd : " In unity defective ; which requires " Collateral love , and dearest amity . " Collateral love , i . e ...
Page xxxiii
... VIII . Never were printed , I believe , in any one book emendations , ( as they are called ) and remarks fo worthy each of the other ; " the weight of an bair ( as Falstaff fays ) will turn the fcales between " their Averdupois . " — In ...
... VIII . Never were printed , I believe , in any one book emendations , ( as they are called ) and remarks fo worthy each of the other ; " the weight of an bair ( as Falstaff fays ) will turn the fcales between " their Averdupois . " — In ...
Page 22
... has likewise touched on , in his K. Henry VIII . Hall and Holingfhed , whom our poet has followed , tells 8 Don Quixote , vol . 2. chap . 14 , us , us , that in the year 1520 a king of 22 Book I. Critical Obfervations.
... has likewise touched on , in his K. Henry VIII . Hall and Holingfhed , whom our poet has followed , tells 8 Don Quixote , vol . 2. chap . 14 , us , us , that in the year 1520 a king of 22 Book I. Critical Obfervations.
Page 53
... VIII . HESE three plays , of which I have above given a short sketch , end with an unhappy catastrophe ; and all the stories are finely calculated to raise the tragical paffions , grief , pity , and terror . ' Tis fomewhat ftrange , at ...
... VIII . HESE three plays , of which I have above given a short sketch , end with an unhappy catastrophe ; and all the stories are finely calculated to raise the tragical paffions , grief , pity , and terror . ' Tis fomewhat ftrange , at ...
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