The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
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Page 154
... easily obferve , that though Shakspeare , almost in every scene of his hiftorical plays , commits the groffeft offences against chro- nology , hiftory , and ancient politicks ; yet this was not through ignorance , as is generally fup ...
... easily obferve , that though Shakspeare , almost in every scene of his hiftorical plays , commits the groffeft offences against chro- nology , hiftory , and ancient politicks ; yet this was not through ignorance , as is generally fup ...
Page 208
... easily endure ; the character of Polonius is feasonable and ufeful ; and the Gravediggers themselves may be heard with applause . Shakspeare engaged in dramatick poetry with the world open before him ; the rules of the ancients were yet ...
... easily endure ; the character of Polonius is feasonable and ufeful ; and the Gravediggers themselves may be heard with applause . Shakspeare engaged in dramatick poetry with the world open before him ; the rules of the ancients were yet ...
Page 221
... easily received , but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the unities of time and place are not effential to a juft ...
... easily received , but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the unities of time and place are not effential to a juft ...
Page 228
... easily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in the common degree , he could not have written it without affiftance . In the ftory of Romeo and Juliet he is obferved to have followed the ...
... easily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in the common degree , he could not have written it without affiftance . In the ftory of Romeo and Juliet he is obferved to have followed the ...
Page 229
... easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of opinion , that perhaps we are not to look for his beginning , like thofe of other writers , in his leaft perfect works ; art had fo little , and nature fo ...
... easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of opinion , that perhaps we are not to look for his beginning , like thofe of other writers , in his leaft perfect works ; art had fo little , and nature fo ...
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