The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Band 1 |
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... writers , at least above all modern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by ...
... writers , at least above all modern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by ...
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... writers of barbarous romances in- vigorated the reader by a giant and dwarf ; and he that fhould form his expectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his ...
... writers of barbarous romances in- vigorated the reader by a giant and dwarf ; and he that fhould form his expectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his ...
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... writers raise up before him , may here be cured of his delirious ex- tafies , by reading human fentiments in human language ; by fcenes from which a hermit may eftimate the transactions of the world , and a confeffor predict the ...
... writers raise up before him , may here be cured of his delirious ex- tafies , by reading human fentiments in human language ; by fcenes from which a hermit may eftimate the transactions of the world , and a confeffor predict the ...
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... writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and forrow not only in one mind but in one compofition . Almost all his plays are divided between ferious and ludicrous cha racters , and , in the ...
... writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and forrow not only in one mind but in one compofition . Almost all his plays are divided between ferious and ludicrous cha racters , and , in the ...
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... afferting , that Shakespeare's faults were fufficient to obfcure and overwhelm his Excellencies : But by other merit , he certainly means the merit of any other writer . It may be observed , that in many of his PREFACE . xii.
... afferting , that Shakespeare's faults were fufficient to obfcure and overwhelm his Excellencies : But by other merit , he certainly means the merit of any other writer . It may be observed , that in many of his PREFACE . xii.
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