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Page 13
... play are not to my purpose . They are exceedingly good , and show a great force , and knowledge of human nature , for a play so early in his series . There are four fools , or dull persons in it , com- pletely discriminated from each ...
... play are not to my purpose . They are exceedingly good , and show a great force , and knowledge of human nature , for a play so early in his series . There are four fools , or dull persons in it , com- pletely discriminated from each ...
Page 51
... play was printed in that year . It is a most remarkable instance of his making much use of a former play in the general matter , and rising totally above it in the style and merit . Nothing that is good in Shakespeare's play is to be ...
... play was printed in that year . It is a most remarkable instance of his making much use of a former play in the general matter , and rising totally above it in the style and merit . Nothing that is good in Shakespeare's play is to be ...
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... play of Shakespeare , is it not like what may be found in parts of many others , in the latter time , whenever moral or intellec- tual thought was more his object than either action , pas- sion , or poetry ; and not without some ...
... play of Shakespeare , is it not like what may be found in parts of many others , in the latter time , whenever moral or intellec- tual thought was more his object than either action , pas- sion , or poetry ; and not without some ...
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