Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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Page 18
... thought fometimes for a hundred lines together that he was transported too ** far in the ufe of obfolete words and that he can by " no means approve of his choice of blank verfe . " Dry- den might be willing the world fhould think this ...
... thought fometimes for a hundred lines together that he was transported too ** far in the ufe of obfolete words and that he can by " no means approve of his choice of blank verfe . " Dry- den might be willing the world fhould think this ...
Page 19
... thought , And fofteft language , fweetest manners taught . There fpoke the courtiers and poets of Charles's reign ; this was their taft : and exactly fo did they ferve , and judge of Shakespeare . C 2 " Spanish " Spanish poets of prime ...
... thought , And fofteft language , fweetest manners taught . There fpoke the courtiers and poets of Charles's reign ; this was their taft : and exactly fo did they ferve , and judge of Shakespeare . C 2 " Spanish " Spanish poets of prime ...
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... thought they added no kind of beauty to his verfes . The fame letters repeated fall not under this cenfure ; as , Et premere , et láxas fciret dare jussus habénas , 4. See what Horace writes to this purpose of coining new words and of ...
... thought they added no kind of beauty to his verfes . The fame letters repeated fall not under this cenfure ; as , Et premere , et láxas fciret dare jussus habénas , 4. See what Horace writes to this purpose of coining new words and of ...
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... thought a moft irreligious perfon , who should have dared to question the immediate interpofition of hea- conquering . He had other defigns than fpending his time in fuch a miserable country ; which Rome foon began to be fenfible of . 6 ...
... thought a moft irreligious perfon , who should have dared to question the immediate interpofition of hea- conquering . He had other defigns than fpending his time in fuch a miserable country ; which Rome foon began to be fenfible of . 6 ...
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... thoughts , he does not know but the apparition might be the * devil , that assumed his father's fhape : he will therefore have furer foundations to proceed on , before he puts his intended revenge in execution ; and an expedient offers ...
... thoughts , he does not know but the apparition might be the * devil , that assumed his father's fhape : he will therefore have furer foundations to proceed on , before he puts his intended revenge in execution ; and an expedient offers ...
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