The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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... fome of his moft irregular Plays , I am furpriz'd into a Pleasure so great , that my Judgment is no longer free to fee the Faults , tho they are ever fo grofs and evident . There is fuch a Witchery in him , that all the Rules of Art ...
... fome of his moft irregular Plays , I am furpriz'd into a Pleasure so great , that my Judgment is no longer free to fee the Faults , tho they are ever fo grofs and evident . There is fuch a Witchery in him , that all the Rules of Art ...
Page xv
... fome fmall Allow- ance for a few Words and Expreffions , I queftion whether any one has fince excell'd him in that Particular . Tho all these Beauties were owing chiefly to a natural Strength of Genius in him , yet I can never give up ...
... fome fmall Allow- ance for a few Words and Expreffions , I queftion whether any one has fince excell'd him in that Particular . Tho all these Beauties were owing chiefly to a natural Strength of Genius in him , yet I can never give up ...
Page xv
... fome of the Romans , fo he had actually read Ovid , and 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 ...
... fome of the Romans , fo he had actually read Ovid , and 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 ...
Page xv
... fome Proportion to the State of our Stage , I fhall tranfcribe . ------- The finest Comedy in the World , ( fays fhe ) I mean ' thofe acted in the Cities , very often receive their Fate from the weak Fancy of fome ignorant Wretch or ...
... fome Proportion to the State of our Stage , I fhall tranfcribe . ------- The finest Comedy in the World , ( fays fhe ) I mean ' thofe acted in the Cities , very often receive their Fate from the weak Fancy of fome ignorant Wretch or ...
Page xv
... fome fmall Allow- ance for a few Words and Expreffions , I queftion whether any one has fince excell'd him in that Particular . . Tho all these Beauties were owing chiefly to a natural Strength of Genius in him , yet I can never give up ...
... fome fmall Allow- ance for a few Words and Expreffions , I queftion whether any one has fince excell'd him in that Particular . . Tho all these Beauties were owing chiefly to a natural Strength of Genius in him , yet I can never give up ...
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