Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page xxiv
... critics ) I always thought infant and child were convertible terms : at least the learned Spencer thought fo , who calls ARTHEGAL , the bold child . B. 5. c . 8. ft . 32. And old B. 5 : xxiv PREFACE . IN King Lear, A& III. ...
... critics ) I always thought infant and child were convertible terms : at least the learned Spencer thought fo , who calls ARTHEGAL , the bold child . B. 5. c . 8. ft . 32. And old B. 5 : xxiv PREFACE . IN King Lear, A& III. ...
Page xxx
... learned gloffaries overcome , for deceive ; collateral , for reflected , & c . put me in mind of the generality of Mr. W's compen- dious comments : which whether intended , " " give the unlearned reader a juft idea , and con- fequently ...
... learned gloffaries overcome , for deceive ; collateral , for reflected , & c . put me in mind of the generality of Mr. W's compen- dious comments : which whether intended , " " give the unlearned reader a juft idea , and con- fequently ...
Page xxxi
... learned reader , or writer ; yet there is not one learned reader or writer , I dare fay , in the whole republic of letters , but looks on our editor as wan- tonly trifling with an art he is a stranger to.— Some few , among the many , of ...
... learned reader , or writer ; yet there is not one learned reader or writer , I dare fay , in the whole republic of letters , but looks on our editor as wan- tonly trifling with an art he is a stranger to.— Some few , among the many , of ...
Page xxxiii
... learned Spencer is guilty of a blunder . [ B. I. C. 11. jt . 34. ] " Like Eyas Hawk up mounts into the skies . " Which an unfledged hawk , by our commentator's leave , could not do . For my own part , I thought an Eyas hawk , was a full ...
... learned Spencer is guilty of a blunder . [ B. I. C. 11. jt . 34. ] " Like Eyas Hawk up mounts into the skies . " Which an unfledged hawk , by our commentator's leave , could not do . For my own part , I thought an Eyas hawk , was a full ...
Page xlviii
John Upton. This is ingenious ! What pity , that it is not learned too ? The Rofe , ( as the fables fay ) was the fymbol of filence , and confecrated by Cupid to Har- pocrates , to conceal the lewd pranks of his mother . So common a book ...
John Upton. This is ingenious ! What pity , that it is not learned too ? The Rofe , ( as the fables fay ) was the fymbol of filence , and confecrated by Cupid to Har- pocrates , to conceal the lewd pranks of his mother . So common a book ...
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A& III acatalectic Aeschylus againſt allufion ancient Antony and Cleopatra becauſe beſt Brutus called cauſe character Cicero comedy Coriolanus criticiſm critics Cymbeline edition Engliſh Euripides expreffion fame fays feems fenfe fhall fhew fignifies firſt fome foul fpeaking fubject fuch Greek Hamlet hath Hence Henry himſelf Homer honour Horace inftances itſelf Johnſon Julius Caefar juſt king King Lear Latin likewife Lycaonia Macbeth manners Meaſure mention'd Milton moft moſt muſt obfervations Othello Ovid paffage paffions perfon Plato Plautus play pleaſe Plutarch poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon ſay ſcene ſee ſeems Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeaking Spencer ſtage ſtory thee thefe Theobald Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tranflation twas ufes uſed verfe verſes Virgil whoſe word write γὰρ δὲ εἰ ἐκ ἐν καὶ μὲν πρὸς τὰ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς