The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page viii
... THESE Abominations of the Prefs , with feveral others , we shall no doubt find remov'd in the new Edition of his Plays . When a Genius of fimilar Fire and Fancy , temper'd with a learned Patience , fits down to confider what SHAKESPEAR ...
... THESE Abominations of the Prefs , with feveral others , we shall no doubt find remov'd in the new Edition of his Plays . When a Genius of fimilar Fire and Fancy , temper'd with a learned Patience , fits down to confider what SHAKESPEAR ...
Page ix
... these Matters . Venus and Adonis , Tarquin and Lu- crece , are out of Difpute , they being put to the Press , and dedicated by the Author himself to the Earl of Southampton his great Patron . Patron . So that Mr. Rowe is evidently ...
... these Matters . Venus and Adonis , Tarquin and Lu- crece , are out of Difpute , they being put to the Press , and dedicated by the Author himself to the Earl of Southampton his great Patron . Patron . So that Mr. Rowe is evidently ...
Page x
... these Epistles . BUT to return to Mr. Gildon , the Republisher of these Poems . He has prefix'd to them an Essay on the Rife and Pro- grefs of the Stage , and added Remarks on all his Plays , in or- der to let the Reader into the ...
... these Epistles . BUT to return to Mr. Gildon , the Republisher of these Poems . He has prefix'd to them an Essay on the Rife and Pro- grefs of the Stage , and added Remarks on all his Plays , in or- der to let the Reader into the ...
Page xi
... these great Originals , made him an excellent Judge of what deviated from their Standard . Great modern Names and Authorities were never his Guides , but a Confor- mity to the juft Rules of the best antient Critics , and the first ...
... these great Originals , made him an excellent Judge of what deviated from their Standard . Great modern Names and Authorities were never his Guides , but a Confor- mity to the juft Rules of the best antient Critics , and the first ...
Page xv
... these have given Beauties to Homer , Virgil , Horace , & c . which thofe Poets never thought of , or defign'd , they have advanc'd fo un- reasonable a Bigotry to our Poet , that if a Man , by Art and Reafon , but queftion the greatest ...
... these have given Beauties to Homer , Virgil , Horace , & c . which thofe Poets never thought of , or defign'd , they have advanc'd fo un- reasonable a Bigotry to our Poet , that if a Man , by Art and Reafon , but queftion the greatest ...
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