Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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Page 19
... action for a subject , that the title very often tells you it is The Life of King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our histo- rians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shake- speare has drawn of ...
... action for a subject , that the title very often tells you it is The Life of King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our histo- rians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shake- speare has drawn of ...
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... action , and form his work simply upon that . However , there are some of his pieces , where the fable is founded upon one action only . Such are more especially , Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet , and Othello . The design in Romeo and Juliet ...
... action , and form his work simply upon that . However , there are some of his pieces , where the fable is founded upon one action only . Such are more especially , Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet , and Othello . The design in Romeo and Juliet ...
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... action of this kind on the stage , is certainly an offence against those rules of manners proper to the persons , that ought to be observed there . On the contrary , let us only look a little on the conduct of Shakespeare . Hamlet is ...
... action of this kind on the stage , is certainly an offence against those rules of manners proper to the persons , that ought to be observed there . On the contrary , let us only look a little on the conduct of Shakespeare . Hamlet is ...
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... action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady , and a rival into the fable ; to entangle them in con- tradictory obligations , perplex them with oppositions of interest , and harass them with violence of desires incon ...
... action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady , and a rival into the fable ; to entangle them in con- tradictory obligations , perplex them with oppositions of interest , and harass them with violence of desires incon ...
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... action which ended happily to the principal persons , however serious or distressful through its intermediate inci- dents , in their opinion constituted a comedy . This idea or comedy continued long amongst us , and plays were written S ...
... action which ended happily to the principal persons , however serious or distressful through its intermediate inci- dents , in their opinion constituted a comedy . This idea or comedy continued long amongst us , and plays were written S ...
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