Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... edition of Milton : " I have " fuch 1. See his first note on Milton's Paradife loft . However to do the Dr. juftice , there are fome errors which he has undoubtedly mended , of which two are moft remarkable . B. VII , 321. The smelling ...
... edition of Milton : " I have " fuch 1. See his first note on Milton's Paradife loft . However to do the Dr. juftice , there are fome errors which he has undoubtedly mended , of which two are moft remarkable . B. VII , 321. The smelling ...
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... edition of Aristophanes to which I rather refer the reader , than lengthen this note , too long already . 5. THE VICE was a droll character in our old plays , accoutred with a long coat , a cap with a pair of afs's ears , and a dagger ...
... edition of Aristophanes to which I rather refer the reader , than lengthen this note , too long already . 5. THE VICE was a droll character in our old plays , accoutred with a long coat , a cap with a pair of afs's ears , and a dagger ...
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... editions of our poet , have been altered , or added , or lopped off , entirely thro ' modern , and French refine- ment . T SECT . III . HE misfortune feems to be , that fcarcely any one pays a regard to what Shakespeare does write , but ...
... editions of our poet , have been altered , or added , or lopped off , entirely thro ' modern , and French refine- ment . T SECT . III . HE misfortune feems to be , that fcarcely any one pays a regard to what Shakespeare does write , but ...
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... edition reads duffy death : i . e . death which reduces us to duft and ashes ; as Mr. Theobald explains it , an espouser of this reading . It might be further strengthened from a fimilar expreffion in the pfalms , xxii . 15 . thou haft ...
... edition reads duffy death : i . e . death which reduces us to duft and ashes ; as Mr. Theobald explains it , an espouser of this reading . It might be further strengthened from a fimilar expreffion in the pfalms , xxii . 15 . thou haft ...
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... edition . Study then seems the authentic word . — To die is a leffon so easily learnt , that even fools can study it : even the motley fool , in As you like it , could reason on the time . ' Tis but an hour ago fince it was nine , And ...
... edition . Study then seems the authentic word . — To die is a leffon so easily learnt , that even fools can study it : even the motley fool , in As you like it , could reason on the time . ' Tis but an hour ago fince it was nine , And ...
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Aeschylus againſt allufion ancient Antony and Cleopatra Ariftophanes beautiful becauſe beſt Brutus called catalectic caufe character Cicero comedy Coriolanus eaſily Engliſh Euripides expreffion faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fome foon fpeaking ftage ftory fubject fuch Greek Hamlet Henry himſelf Homer Horace inftance itſelf Johnſon Julius Caefar king lefs likewife Lycaonia Macbeth manners Meaſure mention'd Milton moft moſt muſt obferved Othello Ovid paffage paffions perfon philofopher Plato play pleaſe Plutarch poem poet poetry prefent racters raiſe reafon ridiculous ſay SECT ſeems Shakeſpeare ſhall Socrates Sophocles ſpeak Spencer ſtage ſtory thee thefe themſelves Theobald theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro tragedy tranflation tranſcriber twas ufes uſed verfes verſe Virgil words Xenophon ἂν γὰρ δὲ εἰ ἐν καὶ μὲν οἱ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τῷ τῶν ὡς