The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xiv
... Tragedy of HAMLET ) which ap- " pears to have most affected English Hearts , and has perhaps " been oftnest acted of any which have come upon our Stage , " is almost one continu'd Moral : a Series of deep Reflections , * drawn from one ...
... Tragedy of HAMLET ) which ap- " pears to have most affected English Hearts , and has perhaps " been oftnest acted of any which have come upon our Stage , " is almost one continu'd Moral : a Series of deep Reflections , * drawn from one ...
Page xv
... Tragedy , and nicely varies it between the " Points of Love , and Honour . " I HAVE already run this Preface to a great length , other- wife I should have taken notice of some beautiful Paslages in the Poems ; but a Reader of Taste ...
... Tragedy , and nicely varies it between the " Points of Love , and Honour . " I HAVE already run this Preface to a great length , other- wife I should have taken notice of some beautiful Paslages in the Poems ; but a Reader of Taste ...
Page xv
... Tragedy , more excellent for the Regulation of the Paffions , than the Epopee , which only reach'd to Customs . The Invention of Comedy some attribute to the Corruption and degenerate Lux- ury of the People , some to the Margites of ...
... Tragedy , more excellent for the Regulation of the Paffions , than the Epopee , which only reach'd to Customs . The Invention of Comedy some attribute to the Corruption and degenerate Lux- ury of the People , some to the Margites of ...
Page xvi
... Tragedy ; learning the Art with Sophocles , and Euripides , who brought it to Perfection , and feeing the effect it had on the most polite and knowing People of the World . 3dly , The Man- ner in which they are deliver'd , is so evident ...
... Tragedy ; learning the Art with Sophocles , and Euripides , who brought it to Perfection , and feeing the effect it had on the most polite and knowing People of the World . 3dly , The Man- ner in which they are deliver'd , is so evident ...
Page xxi
... Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature .ン which is just . His Grace means not , that the Scenes should not be a Part ...
... Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature .ン which is just . His Grace means not , that the Scenes should not be a Part ...
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