“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... learned man , and what shall excuse the most gross violations of history , chronology , and geography ? Οὐ πείσεις , ἐδ ̓ ἦν πεισης , is the motto of every pole- mick : like his brethren at the amphitheatre , he holds it a merit to die ...
... learned man , and what shall excuse the most gross violations of history , chronology , and geography ? Οὐ πείσεις , ἐδ ̓ ἦν πεισης , is the motto of every pole- mick : like his brethren at the amphitheatre , he holds it a merit to die ...
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... learned rubbish , and pointed out to them Shakespeare's track in the ever- pleasing paths of nature . This was necessarily a previous inquiry ; and I hope I may assume with some confidence , what one of the first criticks of the age was ...
... learned rubbish , and pointed out to them Shakespeare's track in the ever- pleasing paths of nature . This was necessarily a previous inquiry ; and I hope I may assume with some confidence , what one of the first criticks of the age was ...
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... learned Jonson . Denham assures us , that all he had was from old mother - wit . His native wood- notes wild , every one remembers to be celebrated by Milton . Dryden observes prettily enough , that " he wanted not the spectacles of ...
... learned Jonson . Denham assures us , that all he had was from old mother - wit . His native wood- notes wild , every one remembers to be celebrated by Milton . Dryden observes prettily enough , that " he wanted not the spectacles of ...
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... learned knight , at every anomaly in grammar or metre , " Hath hard words ready to show why , " And tell what rule he did it by . " How would the old bard have been astonished to have found , that he had very skilfully given the ...
... learned knight , at every anomaly in grammar or metre , " Hath hard words ready to show why , " And tell what rule he did it by . " How would the old bard have been astonished to have found , that he had very skilfully given the ...
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... learned age ; Roger Ascham assures us , that Queen Eliza- beth read more Greek every day , than some digni- taries of the church did Latin in a whole week . " This appears very probable ; and a pleasant proof it is of the general ...
... learned age ; Roger Ascham assures us , that Queen Eliza- beth read more Greek every day , than some digni- taries of the church did Latin in a whole week . " This appears very probable ; and a pleasant proof it is of the general ...
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