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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... words , " containing a general censure of faults , or praise of excellence . " All obsolete words , or obscure sentiments , are at- tempted to be explained by a glossary , or by a note , as concise as possible , at the bottom of every ...
... words , " containing a general censure of faults , or praise of excellence . " All obsolete words , or obscure sentiments , are at- tempted to be explained by a glossary , or by a note , as concise as possible , at the bottom of every ...
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... words : " I remember the players have often mentioned " it as an honour to Shakspeare , that in writing " ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out a " line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted " a thousand ! which they ...
... words : " I remember the players have often mentioned " it as an honour to Shakspeare , that in writing " ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out a " line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted " a thousand ! which they ...
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... words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in : and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be thought too light for the stage ...
... words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in : and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be thought too light for the stage ...
Page xl
... words . As his per- sonages act upon principles arising from genuine passion , very little modified by particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore ...
... words . As his per- sonages act upon principles arising from genuine passion , very little modified by particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore ...
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... who first gave us Virgil and Ovid in an English dress , introduce Fairies almost as often as Nymphs are men- tioned in these classick authors . STEEVENS . tion , and tells the incident imperfectly in many words xliv DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
... who first gave us Virgil and Ovid in an English dress , introduce Fairies almost as often as Nymphs are men- tioned in these classick authors . STEEVENS . tion , and tells the incident imperfectly in many words xliv DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
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