The Works of Shakespear: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and P. Knapton, 1747 |
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Page xxxii
... clowns . Yet even in thefe , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is born above his fubject : his Genius in thofe low parts is like fome Prince of a Romance in the difguife of a Shepherd or Peafant ; a certain Greatness and Spirit now and ...
... clowns . Yet even in thefe , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is born above his fubject : his Genius in thofe low parts is like fome Prince of a Romance in the difguife of a Shepherd or Peafant ; a certain Greatness and Spirit now and ...
Page xl
... Clowns wou'd Speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3. Sc . 4- ) But as a proof that he could not efcape it , in the old editions of Romeo and Juliet there is no hint of a great number of the mean conceits and ribaldries now ...
... Clowns wou'd Speak no more than is fet down for them . ( Act . 3. Sc . 4- ) But as a proof that he could not efcape it , in the old editions of Romeo and Juliet there is no hint of a great number of the mean conceits and ribaldries now ...
Page lvi
... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : And , I believe , Therfites in Troilus and Creffida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allow'd to be mafter - pieces of ill ...
... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : And , I believe , Therfites in Troilus and Creffida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allow'd to be mafter - pieces of ill ...
Page 92
... , Characters in the Interlude perform'd by the Clowns . Moonshine , Lyon Other Fairies attending on the King and Queen . SCENE , Athens ; and a Wood not far from it . A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREA M. ACTI . SCENE I. A MID- Dramatis Perfona .
... , Characters in the Interlude perform'd by the Clowns . Moonshine , Lyon Other Fairies attending on the King and Queen . SCENE , Athens ; and a Wood not far from it . A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREA M. ACTI . SCENE I. A MID- Dramatis Perfona .
Page 128
... Clowns exeunt . Puck . I'll follow you , I'll lead you about a round . Through bog , through bush , through brake , through bryer ; Sometimes a horfe I'll be , fometimes a hound , A hog , a headless bear , fometime a fire , And neigh ...
... Clowns exeunt . Puck . I'll follow you , I'll lead you about a round . Through bog , through bush , through brake , through bryer ; Sometimes a horfe I'll be , fometimes a hound , A hog , a headless bear , fometime a fire , And neigh ...
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