“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... passage , our author's memory somewhat failed him in point of concord . The rage of parallelisms is almost over , and in truth nothing can be more absurd . " THIS was stolen from one classick , -THAT from another ; " - and had I not ...
... passage , our author's memory somewhat failed him in point of concord . The rage of parallelisms is almost over , and in truth nothing can be more absurd . " THIS was stolen from one classick , -THAT from another ; " - and had I not ...
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... Catharine ; and that the passage in the 50th page is copied from Upton , who improperly calls Horatio and Marcellus in Hamlet , " the Centinels . " ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO THE THIRD EDITION , 1789 . IT vi PREFACE .
... Catharine ; and that the passage in the 50th page is copied from Upton , who improperly calls Horatio and Marcellus in Hamlet , " the Centinels . " ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO THE THIRD EDITION , 1789 . IT vi PREFACE .
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... passage of Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet ...
... passage of Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet ...
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... passage from Mr. Pope : " The speeches copied from Plutarch in Coriolanus may , I think , be as well made an instance of the learning of Shakspeare , as those copy'd from Cicero in Catiline , of Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this ...
... passage from Mr. Pope : " The speeches copied from Plutarch in Coriolanus may , I think , be as well made an instance of the learning of Shakspeare , as those copy'd from Cicero in Catiline , of Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this ...
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... passage of Troilus and Cressida , where Achilles is roused to battle by the death of Patroclus , that Shakspeare must here have had the Iliad in view , as " the old story , which in many places he hath faithfully copied , is absolutely ...
... passage of Troilus and Cressida , where Achilles is roused to battle by the death of Patroclus , that Shakspeare must here have had the Iliad in view , as " the old story , which in many places he hath faithfully copied , is absolutely ...
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