The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volumes 1-2Collins & Hannay, 1826 |
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... king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writing were , the ...
... king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writing were , the ...
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... King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our historians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shakespeare has drawn of him ! His manners are every where exactly the same with the story ; one finds him ...
... King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our historians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shakespeare has drawn of him ! His manners are every where exactly the same with the story ; one finds him ...
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... King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to wish , the queen had met with a fortune more worthy of her birth and virtue . Nor are the manners , pro- per to the persons represented , less justly observed ...
... King Henry from any gross imputation of injustice , yet one is inclined to wish , the queen had met with a fortune more worthy of her birth and virtue . Nor are the manners , pro- per to the persons represented , less justly observed ...
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... king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that manly spirit with which he writ ; and both shew how powerful he was , in giving the strongest motions to our souls that they are capable of . I ...
... king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that manly spirit with which he writ ; and both shew how powerful he was , in giving the strongest motions to our souls that they are capable of . I ...
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... kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius , a senator of Rome , should play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard . But Shakespeare ...
... kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius , a senator of Rome , should play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard . But Shakespeare ...
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