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 12
... rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he was most excellent in . There is certainly a great deal of entertainment in his comical humours ; and though they ...
... rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he was most excellent in . There is certainly a great deal of entertainment in his comical humours ; and though they ...
Page 28
... rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions , which can ope rate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the genuine progeny of common humanity , such as ...
... rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions , which can ope rate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the genuine progeny of common humanity , such as ...
Page 63
... rest a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakespeare in the late editions , the greater part were not published till about seven years after his death , and the few ...
... rest a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakespeare in the late editions , the greater part were not published till about seven years after his death , and the few ...
Page 67
... rest only deviate from it by the printer's negli- gence . Whoever has any of the folios has all , excepting those diversities which mere reiteration of editions will produce . I collated them all at the beginning , but after- wards used ...
... rest only deviate from it by the printer's negli- gence . Whoever has any of the folios has all , excepting those diversities which mere reiteration of editions will produce . I collated them all at the beginning , but after- wards used ...
Page 68
... rest . Theobald , thus weak and ignorant , thus mean and faithless , thus petulant and ostentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has escaped , and escaped alone , with reputation , from this undertaking So willingly ...
... rest . Theobald , thus weak and ignorant , thus mean and faithless , thus petulant and ostentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has escaped , and escaped alone , with reputation , from this undertaking So willingly ...
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