The Plays of William Shakspeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1George Kearsley, 1806 |
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Page xxxix
... considered , and what is most considered is best understood . The poet , of whose works I have undertaken the revision , may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient , and claim the privilege of an established fame and prescriptive ...
... considered , and what is most considered is best understood . The poet , of whose works I have undertaken the revision , may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient , and claim the privilege of an established fame and prescriptive ...
Page xlvii
... considered as so little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who attempted both . * Shakspeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition ...
... considered as so little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who attempted both . * Shakspeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition ...
Page xlviii
... considered likewise , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different au- ditors have different habitudes ; and that , upon the whole , all pleasure consists in ...
... considered likewise , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the disturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different au- ditors have different habitudes ; and that , upon the whole , all pleasure consists in ...
Page lii
... considered not as un- exceptionably constant , but as containing general and predominant truth . Shakspeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without ruggedness or difficulty ; as a country may be ...
... considered not as un- exceptionably constant , but as containing general and predominant truth . Shakspeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without ruggedness or difficulty ; as a country may be ...
Page xc
... considered as part of his serious employments , and which , I suppose , since the ardour of composition is remitted , he no longer numbers among his happy effusions . The original and predominant error of his com- mentary , is ...
... considered as part of his serious employments , and which , I suppose , since the ardour of composition is remitted , he no longer numbers among his happy effusions . The original and predominant error of his com- mentary , is ...
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