The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Band 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... errors of the earlier copies , he has generally had recourse to ridicule , a weapon of which he was as fond , as he was skilful in its use . This mode of discussion gave him great advantages when the passages upon which it arose were ...
... errors of the earlier copies , he has generally had recourse to ridicule , a weapon of which he was as fond , as he was skilful in its use . This mode of discussion gave him great advantages when the passages upon which it arose were ...
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... error of the press could have been substituted for another , but which the commentators have passed over unnoticed , as it should seem , from their not discovering any meaning which it could bear , I have thought it the more necessary ...
... error of the press could have been substituted for another , but which the commentators have passed over unnoticed , as it should seem , from their not discovering any meaning which it could bear , I have thought it the more necessary ...
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... Errors , by which those who were not attentive to dates , might have been led to form very erroneous conclusions as to the inequality of Shakspeare's genius . We shall now find his powers gradually developed as his knowledge became more ...
... Errors , by which those who were not attentive to dates , might have been led to form very erroneous conclusions as to the inequality of Shakspeare's genius . We shall now find his powers gradually developed as his knowledge became more ...
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... errors , into which he may have fallen , when they come to his know- ledge . I gladly avail myself of his appeal to the candour of the reader , who , if he is at all acquainted with the press , must be aware of the difficulties ...
... errors , into which he may have fallen , when they come to his know- ledge . I gladly avail myself of his appeal to the candour of the reader , who , if he is at all acquainted with the press , must be aware of the difficulties ...
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... error . I say in some measure ; for the reader will find in this later edition , many observations with- drawn , which he had discovered to be erroneous ; and there are others yet remaining , which , had I felt myself at liberty to do ...
... error . I say in some measure ; for the reader will find in this later edition , many observations with- drawn , which he had discovered to be erroneous ; and there are others yet remaining , which , had I felt myself at liberty to do ...
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Seite 476 - For though the Poet's matter Nature be His art doth give the fashion. And that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Seite xlvi - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Seite 484 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to th...
Seite 459 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Seite 319 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Seite 473 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame, While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much.
Seite 251 - To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, [s wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Seite 454 - And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Seite 502 - This pencil take' (she said), 'whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Seite 128 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.