 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...Nestor, &c. STEEVZNS. Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their va. uei:. moJcs are well written, and give the kind of pleasure which...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. JOHNSON. sDramatis jperfonae, • J *- • * THESEUS, Duk e of Athens. EGEUS, Father to Hermia. LYSANDER,... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 494 pages
...this Play, is not conceived with his usual judgment. He says, that in " Shakspeare's time, Fairies were " much in fashion ; common tradition had made...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made " them great" — but there is no analogy or resemblance whatever between the Fairies of Spenser, and those of Shakspeare.... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 496 pages
...this Play, is not conceived with his usual judgment. He says, that in " Shakspeare's time, Fairies were *' much in fashion; common tradition had made...them familiar, and Spenser's poem had made '*.' them great"—but there is no analogy or resemblance. whatever between the Fairies of Spenser, and those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...Hemings and Condel, and they by all the folios that succeeded them. Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their various modes are well written,...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. JOHNSON. The Midsummer-Night's Dream I suppose to have been written in 15<)2. — See An Attempt to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...serpent's tongue,~\ That is, if we be dismissed without hisses. 1 Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their various modes are well written,...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. JOHNSON. Johnson's concluding observation on this play, is not conceived with his usual judgment. There... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...Tliat is, Clap your hands. Give u* your applause . JOHNSON. 1 Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their various modes are well written,...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. JOHNSON. Johnson's concluding observation on this play, is not conceived with his usual judgment. There... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...hands,] That is, Clap your hands. Give us your applause. Johnson. 3 Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their various modes are well written,...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. Johnson. END OF VOL. II. TS Manning, Printer, No. 143 N. Third Street. f p. Record of COLLATION. Catalogued... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...evident marks of the hand of Shakespeare. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Wild and fantastical as this play is, all the parts in their various modes are well written,...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great. Vot. II. O MERCHANT OF VENICE. It has been lately discovered, that this fable is taken from a story... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...is, all the parts in their var )des are well written, and give the kind of pleasure which tht -iior designed. Fairies in his time were much in fashion;...familiar, and Spenser's poem had made them great, Johnson. END OF VOL. II. rstitioii)0" • • • ... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...says Dr. Johnson, all the parts in their various modes are well written, and give the kmd of pleasure the author designed. Fairies in his time were much...fashion; common tradition had made them familiar, and Spencer's poem had made them great. Of The Midsummer-Night's Dream there are two editions in quarto;... | |
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WILD and fantastical as this play is, all the parts, in their various modes, are well written, and give the kind of pleasure which the author designed. Fairies in his time were much in fashion ; common tradition had made them familiar, and Spenser's poem... 
