The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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... Plautus himself , is plain from his Comedy of Errors , which is taken vifibly from the Me- nachmi of that Poet ; as will be evident , when we come to con- fider that Play . The Characters he has in his Plays drawn of the Romans , is a ...
... Plautus himself , is plain from his Comedy of Errors , which is taken vifibly from the Me- nachmi of that Poet ; as will be evident , when we come to con- fider that Play . The Characters he has in his Plays drawn of the Romans , is a ...
Page xv
... Plautus , without fpoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . 66 66 66 " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Difadvan- tage to him or no , may admit of a Difpute . " I am furpriz'd at the Aflertion ; unlefs Mr. Rowe means ...
... Plautus , without fpoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . 66 66 66 " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Difadvan- tage to him or no , may admit of a Difpute . " I am furpriz'd at the Aflertion ; unlefs Mr. Rowe means ...
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... Plautus himself , is plain from his Comedy of Errors , which is taken visibly from the Me- nachmi of that Poet ; as will be evident , when we come to con- fider that Play . The Characters he has in his Plays drawn of the Romans , is a ...
... Plautus himself , is plain from his Comedy of Errors , which is taken visibly from the Me- nachmi of that Poet ; as will be evident , when we come to con- fider that Play . The Characters he has in his Plays drawn of the Romans , is a ...
Page xv
... Plautus , without fpoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . 66 66 " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan tage to him or no , may admit of a Difpute . " I am furpriz'd at the Affertion ; unless Mr. Rowe means , That ...
... Plautus , without fpoiling or confining his Fancy , or Genius . 66 66 " Whether his Ignorance of the Antients were a Disadvan tage to him or no , may admit of a Difpute . " I am furpriz'd at the Affertion ; unless Mr. Rowe means , That ...
Page 334
... Plautus and Terence , we may juftly , with Mr. Dryden in his Effay , give the Victory to our own Nation over the Romans . We can indeed discover nothing of the Remains of Antiquity in this kind , com- parable to Ben . Johnson , and to ...
... Plautus and Terence , we may juftly , with Mr. Dryden in his Effay , give the Victory to our own Nation over the Romans . We can indeed discover nothing of the Remains of Antiquity in this kind , com- parable to Ben . Johnson , and to ...
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