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
... there was ever more in him to be praised than to be par- " doned . " As for the passage which he mentions out of Shakspeare , there is somewhat like it in Julius Cæ- sar , but without the absurdity ; nor did I ever meet with it in any ...
... there was ever more in him to be praised than to be par- " doned . " As for the passage which he mentions out of Shakspeare , there is somewhat like it in Julius Cæ- sar , but without the absurdity ; nor did I ever meet with it in any ...
Page xvii
... There is certainly a great deal of entertainment in his comical humours ; and though they did not then strike at all ranks of people , as the satire of the present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well ...
... There is certainly a great deal of entertainment in his comical humours ; and though they did not then strike at all ranks of people , as the satire of the present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well ...
Page xviii
... there be any fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and in short every way vicious , yet he has given him so much wit as to make him ...
... there be any fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and in short every way vicious , yet he has given him so much wit as to make him ...
Page xix
... There is something in the friendship of Antonio to Bas- sanio very great , generous , and tender . The whole fourth act ( supposing , as I said , the fact to be pro- bable ) is extremely fine . But there are two pas- sages that deserve ...
... There is something in the friendship of Antonio to Bas- sanio very great , generous , and tender . The whole fourth act ( supposing , as I said , the fact to be pro- bable ) is extremely fine . But there are two pas- sages that deserve ...
Page xxiv
... There is a short scene in The Second Part of Henry the Sixth , which I can- not but think admirable in its kind . Cardinal Beaufort , who had murdered the duke of Glouces- ter , is shewn in the last agonies on his death - bed , with the ...
... There is a short scene in The Second Part of Henry the Sixth , which I can- not but think admirable in its kind . Cardinal Beaufort , who had murdered the duke of Glouces- ter , is shewn in the last agonies on his death - bed , with the ...
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