The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page iii
... less Poet in my Hand than SHAKESPEAR ; the dead Ornament of the English Nation , being the most proper Present to its Living Glory . He , My LORD , has shared the Fate common to every great Genius , receiving very A 2 ill 3925 1725 ill ...
... less Poet in my Hand than SHAKESPEAR ; the dead Ornament of the English Nation , being the most proper Present to its Living Glory . He , My LORD , has shared the Fate common to every great Genius , receiving very A 2 ill 3925 1725 ill ...
Page viii
... less faulty one than the former is all the Reader is to expect . A short History , and some few occasional Remarks will be added , to give Light to some Passages , as well of the Author , as of Mr. Gildon . THIS Gentleman republish'd ...
... less faulty one than the former is all the Reader is to expect . A short History , and some few occasional Remarks will be added , to give Light to some Passages , as well of the Author , as of Mr. Gildon . THIS Gentleman republish'd ...
Page xv
... less ? " That was as much as το say , " Mr. Rymer has indeed made good his Charge , and yet " the Town admir'd his Errors still : Which I take to be a greater Proof of the Folly and abandon'd Taste of the Town , than of any ...
... less ? " That was as much as το say , " Mr. Rymer has indeed made good his Charge , and yet " the Town admir'd his Errors still : Which I take to be a greater Proof of the Folly and abandon'd Taste of the Town , than of any ...
Page xv
... less Greek ; that is , he would not allow him to be as perfect a Critick in the Latin , as he himself was ; but yet that he was capable of reading at least the Latin Poets ; as is , I think , plainly prov'd . For I can fee no manner of ...
... less Greek ; that is , he would not allow him to be as perfect a Critick in the Latin , as he himself was ; but yet that he was capable of reading at least the Latin Poets ; as is , I think , plainly prov'd . For I can fee no manner of ...
Page xv
... less , perfect than he is , had his Ignorance of them been much less , than it really was . A judicious Reader of our Author will easily discover those De- fects , that his Beauties would make him wish had been corrected by a Knowledge ...
... less , perfect than he is , had his Ignorance of them been much less , than it really was . A judicious Reader of our Author will easily discover those De- fects , that his Beauties would make him wish had been corrected by a Knowledge ...
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