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... thefe Works . The Whole Revis'd and Corrected , with a PREFACE , By Dr. SEWELL . LONDON ; Printed by J. DARBY , for A. BETTES WORTH , F. FAYRAM , W. MEARS , J. PEMBERTON , J. HOOKE , C. RIVINGTON , F. CLAY , J. BATLEY , E. SYMON . M.DCC ...
... thefe Works . The Whole Revis'd and Corrected , with a PREFACE , By Dr. SEWELL . LONDON ; Printed by J. DARBY , for A. BETTES WORTH , F. FAYRAM , W. MEARS , J. PEMBERTON , J. HOOKE , C. RIVINGTON , F. CLAY , J. BATLEY , E. SYMON . M.DCC ...
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... thefe two Copies of Nature together , wou'd be monftrous , and fhocking to any judi- cious Eye . And yet this Abfurdity is what is done fo common- ly among us in our Tragi - Comedies ; this is what our Shakespear himself has frequently ...
... thefe two Copies of Nature together , wou'd be monftrous , and fhocking to any judi- cious Eye . And yet this Abfurdity is what is done fo common- ly among us in our Tragi - Comedies ; this is what our Shakespear himself has frequently ...
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... thefe no Man ever excell'd him , and very few ever came up to his Merit . Nor is his nice touching the Paffion of Joy , the leaft Source of this Satisfaction ; for he frequently moves this , in some of the moft indifferent of his Plays ...
... thefe no Man ever excell'd him , and very few ever came up to his Merit . Nor is his nice touching the Paffion of Joy , the leaft Source of this Satisfaction ; for he frequently moves this , in some of the moft indifferent of his Plays ...
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... thefe very Rules , Shakespear himself is not to be diftin- guifh'd from the most worthlefs Pretenders , who have often met with an undeferv'd Applaufe , and challeng'd the Title of great Poets from their Succefs . Το Nature , Nature is ...
... thefe very Rules , Shakespear himself is not to be diftin- guifh'd from the most worthlefs Pretenders , who have often met with an undeferv'd Applaufe , and challeng'd the Title of great Poets from their Succefs . Το Nature , Nature is ...
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... thefe his Poeticks , and tho they were of fuch great Authority and Esteem ; yet this Father of all Criticks makes no Difficulty Difficulty of showing in what they tranfgrefs'd the Rules , and Progrefs of the Stage , & c . vii.
... thefe his Poeticks , and tho they were of fuch great Authority and Esteem ; yet this Father of all Criticks makes no Difficulty Difficulty of showing in what they tranfgrefs'd the Rules , and Progrefs of the Stage , & c . vii.
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