The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xi
... shew'd it self on all Occasions both in Dif- course and Composition . Sophocles and Euripides were his Idols , whom he looked upon with a fort of religious Veneration , and took a Pride in making Converts to his Opinion , by displaying ...
... shew'd it self on all Occasions both in Dif- course and Composition . Sophocles and Euripides were his Idols , whom he looked upon with a fort of religious Veneration , and took a Pride in making Converts to his Opinion , by displaying ...
Page xv
... shew , that as he was ca pable of reading some of the Romans , so he had actually read Ovid , and Plautus , without spoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . " " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan- tage to him or ...
... shew , that as he was ca pable of reading some of the Romans , so he had actually read Ovid , and Plautus , without spoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . " " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan- tage to him or ...
Page xv
... shew , that as he was ca- pable of reading some of the Romans , so he had actually read Ovid , and Plautus , without spoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . " " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan- tage to him or ...
... shew , that as he was ca- pable of reading some of the Romans , so he had actually read Ovid , and Plautus , without spoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . " " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan- tage to him or ...
Page xv
... shew , that Reason is as much against them : and then shew the Source of our ill Taste , and the Corruption of our Stage , by giving a View of the Original and Rife of the Drama , in Greece , in Rome , and in this Nation . To come ...
... shew , that Reason is as much against them : and then shew the Source of our ill Taste , and the Corruption of our Stage , by giving a View of the Original and Rife of the Drama , in Greece , in Rome , and in this Nation . To come ...
Page xviii
... shew their Beauty , ⚫ and proves how far they are conformable to Nature , since those 6 often follow them , who know nothing of them . * The latter end of this is perfectly prov'd by our Shakespear , who in all that pleases is exactly ...
... shew their Beauty , ⚫ and proves how far they are conformable to Nature , since those 6 often follow them , who know nothing of them . * The latter end of this is perfectly prov'd by our Shakespear , who in all that pleases is exactly ...
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