The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... manner ( although his style was remarkable for its elegance , perspicuity , and precision ) , yet he was equal in critical sagacity , and superior , even to his rival , in accurate knowledge and unwearied research ; but he was still ...
... manner ( although his style was remarkable for its elegance , perspicuity , and precision ) , yet he was equal in critical sagacity , and superior , even to his rival , in accurate knowledge and unwearied research ; but he was still ...
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... manner , and as if you were drawn into it by your subject , given us a very interesting History of our Language , during that important period in which , after being refined by Chaucer , it fell into the rudeness of civil confusion ...
... manner , and as if you were drawn into it by your subject , given us a very interesting History of our Language , during that important period in which , after being refined by Chaucer , it fell into the rudeness of civil confusion ...
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... manners were peculiarly engaging . Accustomed from his earliest years to the society of those who were distinguished for their rank or talent , he was at all times and in all companies easy , unembarrassed , and unassuming . It was ...
... manners were peculiarly engaging . Accustomed from his earliest years to the society of those who were distinguished for their rank or talent , he was at all times and in all companies easy , unembarrassed , and unassuming . It was ...
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... manners of antiquity . In Coriolanus and Julius Cæsar , not only the spirit , but manners , of the Romans are exactly drawn ; and still a nicer distinction is shown between the manners of the Ro- mans in the time of the former , and of ...
... manners of antiquity . In Coriolanus and Julius Cæsar , not only the spirit , but manners , of the Romans are exactly drawn ; and still a nicer distinction is shown between the manners of the Ro- mans in the time of the former , and of ...
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... manner of thinking and writing , I make no doubt to declare that those wretched plays , Pe- ricles , Locrine , Sir John Oldcastle , Yorkshire Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Puritan , London Prodigal , and a thing called The Double ...
... manner of thinking and writing , I make no doubt to declare that those wretched plays , Pe- ricles , Locrine , Sir John Oldcastle , Yorkshire Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Puritan , London Prodigal , and a thing called The Double ...
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