The Plays of William Shakspeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1George Kearsley, 1806 |
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Page i
... him described even to the very clothes he wears . As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce tu b VOL . I. the better understanding his book ; and though the works CONTENTS VOL.
... him described even to the very clothes he wears . As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce tu b VOL . I. the better understanding his book ; and though the works CONTENTS VOL.
Page xii
... sometimes it was necessary he should " be stopped : Suffiaminandus erat , as Augustus said " of Haterius . His wit was in his own power ; " would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times " he fell into those things which could not ...
... sometimes it was necessary he should " be stopped : Suffiaminandus erat , as Augustus said " of Haterius . His wit was in his own power ; " would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times " he fell into those things which could not ...
Page xviii
... sometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in ; and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be ...
... sometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in ; and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be ...
Page xxi
... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a great length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and ...
... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a great length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and ...
Page xxxviii
... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excel- lence ; and the mind contemplates genius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great ...
... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excel- lence ; and the mind contemplates genius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great ...
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