Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... must always dictate what is beft ; the other , that the critic is to determine what that beft is . There is an affertion not very unlike this , that Dr. Bentley has made in his late edition of Milton : " I have " fuch 1. See his first ...
... must always dictate what is beft ; the other , that the critic is to determine what that beft is . There is an affertion not very unlike this , that Dr. Bentley has made in his late edition of Milton : " I have " fuch 1. See his first ...
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... must have no feeling of poetry not to allow this the better reading ; but allowing this , no rules of criticism will fuffer him to alter , what the transcriber , or printer has not first altered . In Shakespeare the editors have ...
... must have no feeling of poetry not to allow this the better reading ; but allowing this , no rules of criticism will fuffer him to alter , what the transcriber , or printer has not first altered . In Shakespeare the editors have ...
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... must himself have turn'd , and varied the pointing several ways ) in the following manner , Haud aliter , terras inter coelumque , volabat Litus arenofum Libyae , ventofque fecabat Materno veniens ab avo Cyllenia proles , 1 i . e . fled ...
... must himself have turn'd , and varied the pointing several ways ) in the following manner , Haud aliter , terras inter coelumque , volabat Litus arenofum Libyae , ventofque fecabat Materno veniens ab avo Cyllenia proles , 1 i . e . fled ...
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... must at the fame time be acknowledged , that without learning , he cannot be red with any degree of understanding , or taft . At this time of day he will hardly be allowed that ' inspiration , which I one 1 Cicero pro Arch , Poet . A ...
... must at the fame time be acknowledged , that without learning , he cannot be red with any degree of understanding , or taft . At this time of day he will hardly be allowed that ' inspiration , which I one 1 Cicero pro Arch , Poet . A ...
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... must it fhew , to fly for amusements to the crude productions of an enslaved nation ? Yet this is our reigning taft : from hence our law- givers are taught to form their lives and con- duct , with a thorough contempt of ancient learning ...
... must it fhew , to fly for amusements to the crude productions of an enslaved nation ? Yet this is our reigning taft : from hence our law- givers are taught to form their lives and con- duct , with a thorough contempt of ancient learning ...
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