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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... mind to . A bounty very great , and very rare at any time , and almost equal to that profuse generosity the present age has shown to French dancers and Italian singers . What particular habitude or friendships he contracted with private ...
... mind to . A bounty very great , and very rare at any time , and almost equal to that profuse generosity the present age has shown to French dancers and Italian singers . What particular habitude or friendships he contracted with private ...
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... mind , and easy submission to the govern- ance of an imperious wife , or prevailing faction : though at the same time the poet does justice to his good qua- lities , and moves the pity of his audience for him , by showing him pious ...
... mind , and easy submission to the govern- ance of an imperious wife , or prevailing faction : though at the same time the poet does justice to his good qua- lities , and moves the pity of his audience for him , by showing him pious ...
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... mind in M. Anthony , are beau- tiful proofs . For the two last especially , you find them exactly as they are described by Plutarch , from whom certainly Shakespeare copied them . He has indeed fol- lowed his original pretty close , and ...
... mind in M. Anthony , are beau- tiful proofs . For the two last especially , you find them exactly as they are described by Plutarch , from whom certainly Shakespeare copied them . He has indeed fol- lowed his original pretty close , and ...
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... mind , nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught ; leave her to heav'n , And to those thorns that in her ... minds of an audience than Shakespeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more espe- cially the scene where ...
... mind , nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught ; leave her to heav'n , And to those thorns that in her ... minds of an audience than Shakespeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more espe- cially the scene where ...
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... present excellence ; and the mind con- templates genius through the shades of age , as the eye VOL . I * First printed in 1765 . C surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great contention DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE*. ...
... present excellence ; and the mind con- templates genius through the shades of age , as the eye VOL . I * First printed in 1765 . C surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great contention DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE*. ...
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