Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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... original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and Cleopatra the scene travels over the greatest part of the Roman empire . But in ...
... original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays comprehend a length of time , and very different and distinct places : and in his Antony and Cleopatra the scene travels over the greatest part of the Roman empire . But in ...
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... by 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 .
... by 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 .
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... original masters of our language . These observations are to be considered not as unex- ceptionably constant , but as containing general and pre- dominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smoon and clear , yet ...
... original masters of our language . These observations are to be considered not as unex- ceptionably constant , but as containing general and pre- dominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smoon and clear , yet ...
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... it moves , as a just picture of a real original ; as representing to the auditor what he would himself feel , if he were to do or suffer what is there feigned to be suffered or to be done . The reflection 46 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
... it moves , as a just picture of a real original ; as representing to the auditor what he would himself feel , if he were to do or suffer what is there feigned to be suffered or to be done . The reflection 46 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
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... original powers , and how much to casual and adventitious help . The palaces of Peru or Mexico were certainly mean and incommodious habita- tions , if compared to the houses of European monarchs ; yet who could forbear to view them with ...
... original powers , and how much to casual and adventitious help . The palaces of Peru or Mexico were certainly mean and incommodious habita- tions , if compared to the houses of European monarchs ; yet who could forbear to view them with ...
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