The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1812 |
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... Plutarch , from whom certainly Shakespeare copied them . He has indeed fol- lowed his original pretty close , and taken in several little incidents that might have been spared in a play . 20 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... Plutarch , from whom certainly Shakespeare copied them . He has indeed fol- lowed his original pretty close , and taken in several little incidents that might have been spared in a play . 20 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
Page 52
... Plutarch's lives into plays , when they had been translated by North . His plots , whether historical or fabulous , are always crowded with incidents , by which the attention of a rude people was more easily caught than by sentiment or ...
... Plutarch's lives into plays , when they had been translated by North . His plots , whether historical or fabulous , are always crowded with incidents , by which the attention of a rude people was more easily caught than by sentiment or ...
Page 97
... Plutarch . " This correction was first made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given so in the modern translation : but Shakespeare was misled by the ambiguity ...
... Plutarch . " This correction was first made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given so in the modern translation : but Shakespeare was misled by the ambiguity ...
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