The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. With Glossarial Notes, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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Page xvi
... speaking to him , " Cæsar , thou dost me wrong . " He replied : " Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause . " " and such like , which were ridiculous . But he " redeemed his vices with his virtues : there was ever more in him to be ...
... speaking to him , " Cæsar , thou dost me wrong . " He replied : " Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause . " " and such like , which were ridiculous . But he " redeemed his vices with his virtues : there was ever more in him to be ...
Page xxiii
... carelessness in this point , when he comes to another part of the drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what b2 OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxiii no established judge, but every one took the li- ...
... carelessness in this point , when he comes to another part of the drama , the manners of his characters , in acting or speaking what b2 OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxiii no established judge, but every one took the li- ...
Page xxiv
... speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shewn by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly commended . For those plays which he has taken from the English or Roman history , let any man compare ...
... speaking what is proper for them , and fit to be shewn by the poet , he may be generally justified , and in very many places greatly commended . For those plays which he has taken from the English or Roman history , let any man compare ...
Page xxxii
... speak by the in- fluence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is continued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those ...
... speak by the in- fluence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is continued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those ...
Page xxxv
... speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion ; even where the agency is supernatural , the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disguise the most natural passions and most frequent ...
... speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion ; even where the agency is supernatural , the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disguise the most natural passions and most frequent ...
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