The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xv
... first Rank ; tho their Writings , as Ben Johnson , in his Dif- coveries , has it , A Man would not wrap up any wholesome Drug in , & c . For if Poetry have no certain Standard of Excellence , no fix'd Rules to go by ; then it muft of ...
... first Rank ; tho their Writings , as Ben Johnson , in his Dif- coveries , has it , A Man would not wrap up any wholesome Drug in , & c . For if Poetry have no certain Standard of Excellence , no fix'd Rules to go by ; then it muft of ...
Page xv
... first Rank ; tho their Writings , as Ben Johnson , in his Dif- coveries , has it , A Man would not wrap up any wholesome Drug in , & c . For if Poetry have no certain Standard of Excellence , no fix'd Rules to go by ; then it must of ...
... first Rank ; tho their Writings , as Ben Johnson , in his Dif- coveries , has it , A Man would not wrap up any wholesome Drug in , & c . For if Poetry have no certain Standard of Excellence , no fix'd Rules to go by ; then it must of ...
Page xv
... first Scene of the firft Act ; and in the second to have him walk in , as grown . up to a ftout Man ? And what greater Folly than to reprefent to us a fighting old Fellow , and a cowardly young Man ; an haranguing Footman ; a Page ...
... first Scene of the firft Act ; and in the second to have him walk in , as grown . up to a ftout Man ? And what greater Folly than to reprefent to us a fighting old Fellow , and a cowardly young Man ; an haranguing Footman ; a Page ...
Page xv
... first to make Rules , and afterwards to revive them . The Laws of Legislators place all their Reason in their Will , or the prefent Occurrences ; but the Rules of Poetry ad- vance nothing but what is accompany'd with Reason , and drawn ...
... first to make Rules , and afterwards to revive them . The Laws of Legislators place all their Reason in their Will , or the prefent Occurrences ; but the Rules of Poetry ad- vance nothing but what is accompany'd with Reason , and drawn ...
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... first sprung . The fucceeding Poets , being the Divines and Philofophers of thofe times , obferving the invincible Bent of the People to these Feafts and Shows , and that it would be a fruitless Labour and Endeavour to reftore their ...
... first sprung . The fucceeding Poets , being the Divines and Philofophers of thofe times , obferving the invincible Bent of the People to these Feafts and Shows , and that it would be a fruitless Labour and Endeavour to reftore their ...
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