The Dramatic Works With Notes Critical, Volume 1John Murray, 1827 |
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... observe that Macklin , who , in 1745 , was alike ignorant of Ford and his works , ( see vol . ii . p . 2 , ) shortly became so familiar with both , that , in 1748 , he fixed upon one of his plays ( " The Lover's Melancholy " ) for his ...
... observe that Macklin , who , in 1745 , was alike ignorant of Ford and his works , ( see vol . ii . p . 2 , ) shortly became so familiar with both , that , in 1748 , he fixed upon one of his plays ( " The Lover's Melancholy " ) for his ...
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... observation or two , for which occasion was offered - but to write merely to be overlooked is not very encouraging ; I have therefore satisfied myself with the reprint , leaving the notes to be hereafter excogitated by the former editor ...
... observation or two , for which occasion was offered - but to write merely to be overlooked is not very encouraging ; I have therefore satisfied myself with the reprint , leaving the notes to be hereafter excogitated by the former editor ...
Page lxxxiv
... observation : the speaker means as she says , i . e . wittily . G. 31. W. 139. - Truth and honour . Read : G. 32. W. 140 . Truth or honour . a headpiece of woodcock without brains in . " It was a vulgar idea ( Mr. Weber says ) that the ...
... observation : the speaker means as she says , i . e . wittily . G. 31. W. 139. - Truth and honour . Read : G. 32. W. 140 . Truth or honour . a headpiece of woodcock without brains in . " It was a vulgar idea ( Mr. Weber says ) that the ...
Page cviii
... observe upon it , is impossible . G.315 . W.288 . - But ] ' i . e . only ! ' G. 315. W.288 . - To wait on thy direction . read directions . G. 317. W.290 . - When any troubled passion makes us halt On the unguarded castle of the mind ...
... observe upon it , is impossible . G.315 . W.288 . - But ] ' i . e . only ! ' G. 315. W.288 . - To wait on thy direction . read directions . G. 317. W.290 . - When any troubled passion makes us halt On the unguarded castle of the mind ...
Page cxiv
... observation depends upon this word . G.368 . W.334 . - Argos , now Sparta's king , command the voices , & c . This false reading destroys the pathos of a very beau- tiful passage . - Calantha does not call on Argos . I have done , she ...
... observation depends upon this word . G.368 . W.334 . - Argos , now Sparta's king , command the voices , & c . This false reading destroys the pathos of a very beau- tiful passage . - Calantha does not call on Argos . I have done , she ...
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