Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page 64
... 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 " full of delight , as the tragedie fhould be still ...
... 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 " full of delight , as the tragedie fhould be still ...
Page 116
... Plautus was a great imitator of Epicharmus , as Horace informs us in that well - known verfe , 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 verfe , Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi Dicitur . In his Curculio , A & t V. Scene IV . he has this imitation of his Sicilian mafter ...
Page 145
... not with- out many inftances of this over - refining humour upon very plain paffages . In the co- medy of Errors , A & t III . ( the plot of which L play play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio Şect . 3 . on SHAKESPEARE .
... not with- out many inftances of this over - refining humour upon very plain paffages . In the co- medy of Errors , A & t III . ( the plot of which L play play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio Şect . 3 . on SHAKESPEARE .
Page 146
John Upton. play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludi- crous defcription of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her . « S. Ant ...
John Upton. play is taken from the Menaechmi of Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludi- crous defcription of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her . « S. Ant ...
Page 234
... Plautus , " Hic annus fextus , poftquam rei huic operam damus . " Iftros , Hifpanos , Maflylienfes , Illurios , * Mare fuperum omne , Græciamque exoticam , Orafque ITALICAS omnes , quà egreditur mare , " Sumus circumvecti . " Who does ...
... Plautus , " Hic annus fextus , poftquam rei huic operam damus . " Iftros , Hifpanos , Maflylienfes , Illurios , * Mare fuperum omne , Græciamque exoticam , Orafque ITALICAS omnes , quà egreditur mare , " Sumus circumvecti . " Who does ...
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