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" The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players. "
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of ... - Page 127
by William Shakespeare - 1809
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 33

Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in etuafy fhould count the clock, or why an hour OioulJ not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the ftage a field. ' The truth is, that the ipedtators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firlt...
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in extafy mould count the clock, or why an hour mould not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the ftage a field. The truth is, that the fpcctators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firft...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in extafy fhould count the clock, or why an hour fhould not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the It age a Held. The truth is, that the fpeftators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firft...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in ecftafy fhould count the clock, or why an hour fhould not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the ftage a field. The truth is, that the fpectators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firfl...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...There is no Reafon why a Mind thus wandering in Extnfy fliould count the Clock, or why an Hour fliould not be a Century in that Calenture of the Brains that...Truth is, that the Spectators are always in their Senfes, and know, from the firft Aft to the laft, that the Stage is only a Stage, and that the Players...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...There is no Reafon why a Mind thus wandering in Extafy mould count the Clock, or why an Hour mould not be a Century in that Calenture of the Brains that...the Stage a Field. The Truth is, that the Spectators arc always in their Senfes, and know, from the firft Act to the laft, that the Stage is only a Stage,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...fhould count the Clock, or why an Hour fhould not be a Century in that Cajenture of the Brains that ean make the Stage a Field. The Truth is, that the Spectators are always in their Sertfes, and know, from the firft Act to the laft, that the Stage is only a Stage, and that the Players...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in ecftafy fhould count the clock, or why an hour fliould not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the ftage a field. The truth is, that the fpeftators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firft...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...There is no reafon why a mind thus wandering in eeftacy fhould count the clock, or why an hour fhould not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the ftage a field. The truth is, that the fpe&ators are always in their fenfes, and know, from the firft...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...circumspections of terrestrial nature. There is no reason \\ hy a mind, thus wandering in ecstacy, should count count the clock ; or why an hour should not be a century...act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players. They came to hear a certain number of lines recited with just gesture...
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