The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.]. |
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... play by Mr Dodd , are pointed out , p . xlix . et feq . in the order of the volumes and plays , with directions to the pages and lines where each of them occur , together with Mr War- burton's general criticism on his plays . Sufpected ...
... play by Mr Dodd , are pointed out , p . xlix . et feq . in the order of the volumes and plays , with directions to the pages and lines where each of them occur , together with Mr War- burton's general criticism on his plays . Sufpected ...
Page xiv
... plays , that , had all the fpeeches been printed without the very names of the perfons , I be- lieve one might have applied them with certainty to every fpeaker . The power over our paffions was never poffeffed in a more eminent degree ...
... plays , that , had all the fpeeches been printed without the very names of the perfons , I be- lieve one might have applied them with certainty to every fpeaker . The power over our paffions was never poffeffed in a more eminent degree ...
Page xv
... plays ftrictly follow the common old ftories or vulgar traditions of that kind of people . In tragedy , nothing was fo fure to furprife , and caufe admiration , as the most strange , un- expected , and confequently moft unnatural events ...
... plays ftrictly follow the common old ftories or vulgar traditions of that kind of people . In tragedy , nothing was fo fure to furprife , and caufe admiration , as the most strange , un- expected , and confequently moft unnatural events ...
Page xvi
... plays , and put into the mouth of his ac- tors , the Grex , Chorus , & c . to remove the prejudices and inform the judgment of his hearers . Till then our authors had no thoughts of writing on the model of the ancients their tragedies ...
... plays , and put into the mouth of his ac- tors , the Grex , Chorus , & c . to remove the prejudices and inform the judgment of his hearers . Till then our authors had no thoughts of writing on the model of the ancients their tragedies ...
Page xvii
... player . By thefe men it was thought a praise to Shakespear , that he scarce ever blotted a line . This they industriouf- ly propagated ; as appears from what we are told by Ben Johnfon in his Difcoveries , and from the preface of ...
... player . By thefe men it was thought a praise to Shakespear , that he scarce ever blotted a line . This they industriouf- ly propagated ; as appears from what we are told by Ben Johnfon in his Difcoveries , and from the preface of ...
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