The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and ReedT. Nelson and Sons, 1855 - 964 pages |
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Page v
... nature . Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combinations of fanciful in vention may delight awhile , by that novelty of which the common satiety of life ...
... nature . Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combinations of fanciful in vention may delight awhile , by that novelty of which the common satiety of life ...
Page vi
... nature as it acts in have different habitudes ; and that , upon the whole , all plea real exigencies , but as it would be found in trials , to which sure consists in variety . it cannot be exposed . This therefore is the praise of ...
... nature as it acts in have different habitudes ; and that , upon the whole , all plea real exigencies , but as it would be found in trials , to which sure consists in variety . it cannot be exposed . This therefore is the praise of ...
Page vii
... nature ; when he en deavoured , like other tragic writers , to catch opportunities of amplification , and instead of inquiring what the occasion demanded , to show how much his stores of knowledge could supply , he seldom escapes ...
... nature ; when he en deavoured , like other tragic writers , to catch opportunities of amplification , and instead of inquiring what the occasion demanded , to show how much his stores of knowledge could supply , he seldom escapes ...
Page viii
... nature and in dity , be represented , in the catastrophe , as happening in Pon- struct life . tus ; we know that there is neither war , nor preparation for war ; we know that we are neither in Rome nor Pontus ; that neither Mithridates ...
... nature and in dity , be represented , in the catastrophe , as happening in Pon- struct life . tus ; we know that there is neither war , nor preparation for war ; we know that we are neither in Rome nor Pontus ; that neither Mithridates ...
Page ix
... nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we still find that on our stage some- thing must be done ... nature so large a share in what he did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his youth , as they ...
... nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we still find that on our stage some- thing must be done ... nature so large a share in what he did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his youth , as they ...
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