Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1748 - 411 pages |
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... , λws : and fo frequently used by our old poets . Spencer , B. I. C. 5. ft . 15 . Not all fo fatisfide , with greedy eye He fought all round about . " i . e . not altogether , not quite fo i.e. PREFACE . XXV IN King Lear, A& IV. ...
... , λws : and fo frequently used by our old poets . Spencer , B. I. C. 5. ft . 15 . Not all fo fatisfide , with greedy eye He fought all round about . " i . e . not altogether , not quite fo i.e. PREFACE . XXV IN King Lear, A& IV. ...
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... poets in the fame kind of pleo- nafm , ( if there are any pleonafms at all , which I doubt of , ) as II ANTA is ufed by Homer , and OMNIA by Lucretius . Χρυσῆ δὲ τήσας ἔφερεν δέκα ΠΑΝΤΑ τάλαια . H. ú . 232 . i.e. ten talents in all ...
... poets in the fame kind of pleo- nafm , ( if there are any pleonafms at all , which I doubt of , ) as II ANTA is ufed by Homer , and OMNIA by Lucretius . Χρυσῆ δὲ τήσας ἔφερεν δέκα ΠΑΝΤΑ τάλαια . H. ú . 232 . i.e. ten talents in all ...
Page xxxiv
... poets have taught our Critics better ? Was it not for ONE man's guilt , that Pallas , ( the goddess of Wisdom too ) deftroyed a whole fleet ? " UNIUS ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oïlei ? Did not Juno deteft the whole Trojan race , because ...
... poets have taught our Critics better ? Was it not for ONE man's guilt , that Pallas , ( the goddess of Wisdom too ) deftroyed a whole fleet ? " UNIUS ob noxam et furias Ajacis Oïlei ? Did not Juno deteft the whole Trojan race , because ...
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... poets bave put a more extraordinary kind of resentment in the mouths of fome men . And first Euripides in Hippolytus , * . 616 . Ω ζεῦ , τί δὴ κίβδηλον ἀνθρώποις κακὸν , Γυναικας , εἰς φῶς Ηλίε καλώκισας ; Εἰ γὰρ βρότειον ἤθελες σπεῖραι ...
... poets bave put a more extraordinary kind of resentment in the mouths of fome men . And first Euripides in Hippolytus , * . 616 . Ω ζεῦ , τί δὴ κίβδηλον ἀνθρώποις κακὸν , Γυναικας , εἰς φῶς Ηλίε καλώκισας ; Εἰ γὰρ βρότειον ἤθελες σπεῖραι ...
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... poets , that ever England faw , have imitated this fentiment . For thus Pofthumus in Cymbeline , At II . refenting the behaviour of Imogen exclaims , " Is there no way for men to be , but women " Must be half - workers ? " . 4 And thus ...
... poets , that ever England faw , have imitated this fentiment . For thus Pofthumus in Cymbeline , At II . refenting the behaviour of Imogen exclaims , " Is there no way for men to be , but women " Must be half - workers ? " . 4 And thus ...
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A& II againſt allufion ancient Antony and Cleopatra becauſe beſt Brutus called catalectic cauſe character Cicero comedy Coriolanus critics Cymbeline edition Engliſh Euripides expreffion faid fame fatiric fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fignifies firft firſt fome fometimes foul fpeaking ftory fubject fuch Greek Hamlet hath Hence Henry himſelf Homer honour Horace inftances itſelf Julius Caefar king King Lear Latin likewife Lycaonia Macbeth manners Meaſure mention'd Milton moft moſt muft muſt obferved Othello Ovid paffage paffion perfon philofopher Plato Plautus play pleaſe Plutarch poet prefent reader reafon ſay ſeems Shakeſpeare ſhall Sophocles ſpeak Spencer ſtage ſtory thee thefe themſelves Theobald Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tranfcriber tranflation twas ufed uſed verfe verſes Virgil whofe word write γὰρ δὲ ἐκ ἐν καὶ μὲν πρὸς τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς