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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... poets , and that in the most agreeable manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ...
... poets , and that in the most agreeable manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ...
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... drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shown by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
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... poet as the historian . He seems indeed so far from proposing to himself any one 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 ...
... poet as the historian . He seems indeed so far from proposing to himself any one 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 ...
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... poet has screened King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to wish , the Queen had met with a for- tune more worthy of her birth and virtue . Nor are the manners , proper to the persons represented , less ...
... poet has screened King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to wish , the Queen had met with a for- tune more worthy of her birth and virtue . Nor are the manners , proper to the persons represented , less ...
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... poet restrains him from doing violence to his mother . To prevent any thing of that kind , he makes his father's Ghost forbid that part of his vengeance : But howsoever thou pursu'st this act , Taint not thy mind , nor let thy soul ...
... poet restrains him from doing violence to his mother . To prevent any thing of that kind , he makes his father's Ghost forbid that part of his vengeance : But howsoever thou pursu'st this act , Taint not thy mind , nor let thy soul ...
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