The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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Page vii
... manner , could readily comprehend the meaning . I am far from pretending to say that , with all the advantages I enjoyed , I can hope to remedy the many imperfections which must unavoidably occur , when the mind which collected ...
... manner , could readily comprehend the meaning . I am far from pretending to say that , with all the advantages I enjoyed , I can hope to remedy the many imperfections which must unavoidably occur , when the mind which collected ...
Page ix
... manners from Shak- speare's contemporaries , have been too lavishly brought forward ; but it may admit of a question whether this has not been , in some degree , compensated by the effect which it has had no small share in producing on ...
... manners from Shak- speare's contemporaries , have been too lavishly brought forward ; but it may admit of a question whether this has not been , in some degree , compensated by the effect which it has had no small share in producing on ...
Page xiv
... manner , beteem in Hamlet , " That he might not beteem the winds of heaven " Visit her face too roughly , " was for a long period supposed to be a corruption , till a passage in Golding's Ovid ascertained that it was a word of our ...
... manner , beteem in Hamlet , " That he might not beteem the winds of heaven " Visit her face too roughly , " was for a long period supposed to be a corruption , till a passage in Golding's Ovid ascertained that it was a word of our ...
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... manners and customs of Shakspeare's time ; but I found the materials which he had prepared for this enquiry in so loose and disjointed a state , that I could not have ventured upon the labour of arranging them without protracting the ...
... manners and customs of Shakspeare's time ; but I found the materials which he had prepared for this enquiry in so loose and disjointed a state , that I could not have ventured upon the labour of arranging them without protracting the ...
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... manner in which they are written , in point of style , while his compositions intended for the publick eye are marked by the highest degree of polish and limę labor . His letters , which have been quoted by Mr. Gifford , exhibit his ...
... manner in which they are written , in point of style , while his compositions intended for the publick eye are marked by the highest degree of polish and limę labor . His letters , which have been quoted by Mr. Gifford , exhibit his ...
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