The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... common and unlearned beholder ; some parts are made stupend- ously magnificent and grand , to surprise with the vast design and execution of the architect : others are con- tracted , to amuse you with his neatness and elegance in little ...
... common and unlearned beholder ; some parts are made stupend- ously magnificent and grand , to surprise with the vast design and execution of the architect : others are con- tracted , to amuse you with his neatness and elegance in little ...
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... common accidents of their lives naturally become the subject of our critical enqui- ries that however trifling such a curiosity at the first view may appear , yet , as for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may ...
... common accidents of their lives naturally become the subject of our critical enqui- ries that however trifling such a curiosity at the first view may appear , yet , as for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an author may ...
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... common decency . I shall ever think it better to want wit , than to want humanity and impartial posterity may , perhaps , be of my opinion . But to return to my subject , which now calls upon me to enquire into those causes , to which ...
... common decency . I shall ever think it better to want wit , than to want humanity and impartial posterity may , perhaps , be of my opinion . But to return to my subject , which now calls upon me to enquire into those causes , to which ...
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... common sense . To this end I have ventured on a labour , that is the first assay of the kind on any modern author whatsoever . For the late edition of Milton , by the learned Dr. Bentley , is , in the main , a performance of another ...
... common sense . To this end I have ventured on a labour , that is the first assay of the kind on any modern author whatsoever . For the late edition of Milton , by the learned Dr. Bentley , is , in the main , a performance of another ...
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... common and learned readers of our author , I hope , will derive some satisfac- tion , ) I have endeavoured to give them a variety in some proportion to their number . Wherever I have ventured at an emendation , a note is constantly ...
... common and learned readers of our author , I hope , will derive some satisfac- tion , ) I have endeavoured to give them a variety in some proportion to their number . Wherever I have ventured at an emendation , a note is constantly ...
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