The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1A. Leathley, 1766 |
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Page viii
... means , and confidered as fo little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who at- tempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laugh- ter and forrow not only in one mind but in one ...
... means , and confidered as fo little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who at- tempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laugh- ter and forrow not only in one mind but in one ...
Page xxxiv
... means of reforming it . He collated the old copies , which none had thought to examine before , and restored many lines to their inte- grity ; but , by a very compendious criticism , he rejected whatever he difliked , and thought more ...
... means of reforming it . He collated the old copies , which none had thought to examine before , and restored many lines to their inte- grity ; but , by a very compendious criticism , he rejected whatever he difliked , and thought more ...
Page xxxvii
... mean and faithlefs , thus petulant and oftentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has efcaped ... means . He had un doubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with cuftoms , opinions , and traditions , feems to have been ...
... mean and faithlefs , thus petulant and oftentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has efcaped ... means . He had un doubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with cuftoms , opinions , and traditions , feems to have been ...
Page xlii
... mean men proud , and vanity catches fmall occafions ; or that all contrariety of opi- nion , even in thofe that can defend it no longer , makes proud men angry ; there is often found in commenta- ries a fpontaneous ftrain of invective ...
... mean men proud , and vanity catches fmall occafions ; or that all contrariety of opi- nion , even in thofe that can defend it no longer , makes proud men angry ; there is often found in commenta- ries a fpontaneous ftrain of invective ...
Page lxii
... mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is borne above his fubject : his Ge- nius in thofe low parts is like fome Prince of a Ro- mance in the ...
... mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is borne above his fubject : his Ge- nius in thofe low parts is like fome Prince of a Ro- mance in the ...
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