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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... Poet , of whose works I have undertaken the revision , may now begin to affume the dignity of an ancient , and claim the privilege , of established fame and prefcriptive veneration . He has long outlived his century , the term commonly ...
... Poet , of whose works I have undertaken the revision , may now begin to affume the dignity of an ancient , and claim the privilege , of established fame and prefcriptive veneration . He has long outlived his century , the term commonly ...
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... poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by ... poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species . It is from this wide ...
... poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by ... poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species . It is from this wide ...
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... only one of many paffions , and as it has no great in- fluence upon the fum of life , it has little operation in the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas from the living 1 world , and exhibited only what he faw before PREFACE .
... only one of many paffions , and as it has no great in- fluence upon the fum of life , it has little operation in the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas from the living 1 world , and exhibited only what he faw before PREFACE .
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... poet ever kept his perfonages more diftinct from each other . I will not fay with Pope , that every speech may be affigned to the proper fpeaker , because many speeches there are which have nothing , characteristical ; but , perhaps ...
... poet ever kept his perfonages more diftinct from each other . I will not fay with Pope , that every speech may be affigned to the proper fpeaker , because many speeches there are which have nothing , characteristical ; but , perhaps ...
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... of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and con- dition , as a painter , fatisfied with the figure , neglects the drapery . • The cenfure which he has incurred by mixing comic PREFACE . vii.
... of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and con- dition , as a painter , fatisfied with the figure , neglects the drapery . • The cenfure which he has incurred by mixing comic PREFACE . vii.
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