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 x
... writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I ...
... writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I ...
Page xi
... writing were , the people of his age , who began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly pleased to see a genius rise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully ca- pable ...
... writing were , the people of his age , who began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly pleased to see a genius rise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully ca- pable ...
Page xii
... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be improper to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the ...
... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be improper to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the ...
Page xiv
... write his epitaph , if he happened to out - live him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakspeare gave him these four verses : " TEN , IN THE ...
... write his epitaph , if he happened to out - live him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which Shakspeare gave him these four verses : " TEN , IN THE ...
Page xv
... writing ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out à " line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for “ their ignorance , who chose that ...
... writing ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out à " line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for “ their ignorance , who chose that ...
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