The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1T. Bensley, 1803 |
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Page i
... better under- standing his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem to many not to want a com- ment , yet I fancy some little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . VOL . I. b He was ...
... better under- standing his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem to many not to want a com- ment , yet I fancy some little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . VOL . I. b He was ...
Page ii
... better education than his own employ- ment . He had bred him , it is true , for some time at a free - school , where , it is probable , he acquired what Latin he was master of : but the narowness of his circumstances , and the want of ...
... better education than his own employ- ment . He had bred him , it is true , for some time at a free - school , where , it is probable , he acquired what Latin he was master of : but the narowness of his circumstances , and the want of ...
Page xii
... better pleased with it than with an exact tragedy . The Merry Wives of Windsor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very ...
... better pleased with it than with an exact tragedy . The Merry Wives of Windsor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very ...
Page xxiii
... better in raising terror in the minds of an audience than Shakspeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the King is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of ...
... better in raising terror in the minds of an audience than Shakspeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the King is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of ...
Page xxv
... better fortune . Shakspeare , finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will . Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present them- selves , I am Shakespeare's ...
... better fortune . Shakspeare , finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will . Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present them- selves , I am Shakespeare's ...
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