Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... character in our old plays , accoutred with a long coat , a cap with a pair of afs's ears , and a dagger of lath . Shakespeare alludes to his buffoon appearance in Twelfth - Night , A & . IV . In a trice , like to the old Vice ; Who ...
... character in our old plays , accoutred with a long coat , a cap with a pair of afs's ears , and a dagger of lath . Shakespeare alludes to his buffoon appearance in Twelfth - Night , A & . IV . In a trice , like to the old Vice ; Who ...
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... character . In K. Richard III . A & III . Thus like the formal Vice , Iniquity , I moralize two meanings in one word . INIQUITY is the formal Vice , Some correct the paffage , Thus , like the formal wife Antiquity , I moralize two ...
... character . In K. Richard III . A & III . Thus like the formal Vice , Iniquity , I moralize two meanings in one word . INIQUITY is the formal Vice , Some correct the paffage , Thus , like the formal wife Antiquity , I moralize two ...
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... characters , are the Fool , and the Clown , which we have in Shakespeare's plays . The Ro mans in their Atellan interludes , and Mimes , had their buf- foons , called Maccus , Manos , from whence the English word , MOCKER ; and Sannio ...
... characters , are the Fool , and the Clown , which we have in Shakespeare's plays . The Ro mans in their Atellan interludes , and Mimes , had their buf- foons , called Maccus , Manos , from whence the English word , MOCKER ; and Sannio ...
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... characters ; he pleases his au- " dience , and often gains their ear , without a " fingle bribe from luxury or vice . " Those lines , that I have placed between two hooks , ought certainly to have been omitted , as they carry with them ...
... characters ; he pleases his au- " dience , and often gains their ear , without a " fingle bribe from luxury or vice . " Those lines , that I have placed between two hooks , ought certainly to have been omitted , as they carry with them ...
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... their own barbarity can take place . How contrary a character was that of the Apo Atle Paul ? How politely does he address the Athenians with - citations contribute to the corruption of our manners , may be Sect . 4 29- ON SHAKESPEARE . }
... their own barbarity can take place . How contrary a character was that of the Apo Atle Paul ? How politely does he address the Athenians with - citations contribute to the corruption of our manners , may be Sect . 4 29- ON SHAKESPEARE . }
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