Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page vii
... thou art Merop's fon , " Wilt thou afpire to guide the heavenly car , " And with thy daring folly burn the world ? " " Why , Phaeton , for thou art MEROP'S SON . ] " Merop's fon , i . e . A BASTARD , base - born . " Mr. W. The poet's ...
... thou art Merop's fon , " Wilt thou afpire to guide the heavenly car , " And with thy daring folly burn the world ? " " Why , Phaeton , for thou art MEROP'S SON . ] " Merop's fon , i . e . A BASTARD , base - born . " Mr. W. The poet's ...
Page xxxi
... As if children in our commentator's days did not know what carraway comfits are . [ vol . 6. p . 36. ] " O most fmall fault ! " How ugly didst thou in Cordelia fhew ? I Which , " Which , like an engine , wrencht my frame PREFACE . xxxi.
... As if children in our commentator's days did not know what carraway comfits are . [ vol . 6. p . 36. ] " O most fmall fault ! " How ugly didst thou in Cordelia fhew ? I Which , " Which , like an engine , wrencht my frame PREFACE . xxxi.
Page xxxviii
... thou wouldst get thro ' the following I will give it no name , but leave it to thy own reflection . 66 " Sets up his reft : Is a phrafe taken from mi- « litary exercife . When gunpowder was first in- vented , its force was very weak ...
... thou wouldst get thro ' the following I will give it no name , but leave it to thy own reflection . 66 " Sets up his reft : Is a phrafe taken from mi- « litary exercife . When gunpowder was first in- vented , its force was very weak ...
Page li
... paffage in Macbeth , A & t II . " Thou feeft , the heav'ns as troubled with man's ‹‹ act , " Threaten this bloody ftage . 1 Wr . W.'s preface , p . xvi . d 2 " Threaten 66 " ter . " Threaten this bloody ftage : PREFACE . li.
... paffage in Macbeth , A & t II . " Thou feeft , the heav'ns as troubled with man's ‹‹ act , " Threaten this bloody ftage . 1 Wr . W.'s preface , p . xvi . d 2 " Threaten 66 " ter . " Threaten this bloody ftage : PREFACE . li.
Page lv
... thou be , than the fat weed " That roots itself in eafe on Lethe's wharf , Wouldst thou not flir in this . 66 Shakespeare , APPARENTLY THROUGH IGNO- " RANCE , makes Roman Catholics of thefe pagan " Danes ; and here gives a defcription ...
... thou be , than the fat weed " That roots itself in eafe on Lethe's wharf , Wouldst thou not flir in this . 66 Shakespeare , APPARENTLY THROUGH IGNO- " RANCE , makes Roman Catholics of thefe pagan " Danes ; and here gives a defcription ...
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