The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page vii
... Sense appears in a truer Light than in the idle Comments of our mo- dern Publishers . First Editions are rarely to be seen , but like Jewels in the Cabinets of the richly Curious ; and many new ones bear little Value , either from their ...
... Sense appears in a truer Light than in the idle Comments of our mo- dern Publishers . First Editions are rarely to be seen , but like Jewels in the Cabinets of the richly Curious ; and many new ones bear little Value , either from their ...
Page xi
... Sense ; his Expression being often dark , his Sentences long , unequal , and crouded with Words of the same Signification . A depression of Fortune , want of Health and Leisure , allow'd him no Time for the Filings , and Polishings of a ...
... Sense ; his Expression being often dark , his Sentences long , unequal , and crouded with Words of the same Signification . A depression of Fortune , want of Health and Leisure , allow'd him no Time for the Filings , and Polishings of a ...
Page xv
... Sense , that it is contemn'd and laugh'd at . For what there is in any Poem , which is out of Nature , and contrary to Verifimilitude and Pro- bability , can never be beautiful , but abominable . The Business of Poetry is to copy Nature ...
... Sense , that it is contemn'd and laugh'd at . For what there is in any Poem , which is out of Nature , and contrary to Verifimilitude and Pro- bability , can never be beautiful , but abominable . The Business of Poetry is to copy Nature ...
Page xv
... Sense is too various and exten- five ever to be able to appeal to ; since it leaves it to the Fancy and Capacity of every one , to decide what is according to Na- ture , and what not . Besides , there may be a great many things natural ...
... Sense is too various and exten- five ever to be able to appeal to ; since it leaves it to the Fancy and Capacity of every one , to decide what is according to Na- ture , and what not . Besides , there may be a great many things natural ...
Page xv
... Sense of things , and a true Knowledge and Taste of Nature , and Art . Did ever any Man think it an ill - natur'd thing to tell a Friend of his Mistakes in Conduct ? Much less must it be thought fo in the Discoveries of the Errors of ...
... Sense of things , and a true Knowledge and Taste of Nature , and Art . Did ever any Man think it an ill - natur'd thing to tell a Friend of his Mistakes in Conduct ? Much less must it be thought fo in the Discoveries of the Errors of ...
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