The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1Rwington, 1821 |
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... probably be led to fix upon the mid- dle period of his life , as the time when his genius was at its meridian . The productions that followed , although every way worthy of their great author , yet still fell short of that fervid ...
... probably be led to fix upon the mid- dle period of his life , as the time when his genius was at its meridian . The productions that followed , although every way worthy of their great author , yet still fell short of that fervid ...
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... probably despise me , I should cer- tainly despise myself , if I did not come forward , and attempt , at least , to show that such charges are altogether unfounded . Before I advert to any of Mr. Gifford's accusations in detail , I must ...
... probably despise me , I should cer- tainly despise myself , if I did not come forward , and attempt , at least , to show that such charges are altogether unfounded . Before I advert to any of Mr. Gifford's accusations in detail , I must ...
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... probably a different view of some of the leading incidents of that monarch's life . Shakspeare's Henry VIII , as Mr. Malone affirms , was written in 1601 ; if it had been merely revived , the Prologue would have adverted to the ...
... probably a different view of some of the leading incidents of that monarch's life . Shakspeare's Henry VIII , as Mr. Malone affirms , was written in 1601 ; if it had been merely revived , the Prologue would have adverted to the ...
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... probably meant to sneer at the Tempest in the prologue to Every Man in his Humour- ' our tempestuous drum ;? ' and he has endeavoured to depreciate this beautiful co- medy by calling it a foolery . For some remarks on this audacious ...
... probably meant to sneer at the Tempest in the prologue to Every Man in his Humour- ' our tempestuous drum ;? ' and he has endeavoured to depreciate this beautiful co- medy by calling it a foolery . For some remarks on this audacious ...
Página xlix
... probably penned in a moment of irritation , to which he appears to have been subject . If , indeed , the received notion of Jonson's heat of temper had any foundation , we may suppose him and his northern landlord to have been ...
... probably penned in a moment of irritation , to which he appears to have been subject . If , indeed , the received notion of Jonson's heat of temper had any foundation , we may suppose him and his northern landlord to have been ...
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