The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 1-2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 62
... scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor . I may add , that the veracity of the late Mr. Oldys has never yet been impeached ; and it is not very probable that a ballad should be forged , from which an undiscovered wag could derive no triumph ...
... scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor . I may add , that the veracity of the late Mr. Oldys has never yet been impeached ; and it is not very probable that a ballad should be forged , from which an undiscovered wag could derive no triumph ...
Page 104
... scene , seems to have been added ; ( though this last is by no means certain ; ) but neither will these augmenta- tions ... scenes without a blot likewise . In a word , supposing even that Nature had not endowed him with that rich vein ...
... scene , seems to have been added ; ( though this last is by no means certain ; ) but neither will these augmenta- tions ... scenes without a blot likewise . In a word , supposing even that Nature had not endowed him with that rich vein ...
Page 107
... scenes of his dramas ! " It may likewise be objected , why amongst sad and grave histories I have here and there inserted fabulous jests and tales savouring of lightness . I answer , I have therein imitated our historical , and comical ...
... scenes of his dramas ! " It may likewise be objected , why amongst sad and grave histories I have here and there inserted fabulous jests and tales savouring of lightness . I answer , I have therein imitated our historical , and comical ...
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... scene of all , " That ends this strange eventful history , " Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; " Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . " His images are indeed every where so lively , that the thing he would ...
... scene of all , " That ends this strange eventful history , " Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; " Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . " His images are indeed every where so lively , that the thing he would ...
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... scene is 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 ...
... scene is 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 ...
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