The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... producing on the general literature of the country , by drawing the at- tention of the publick , much more than was gene- rally the case at any former period , to the neglected writers of an early age . The slightest reference which can ...
... producing on the general literature of the country , by drawing the at- tention of the publick , much more than was gene- rally the case at any former period , to the neglected writers of an early age . The slightest reference which can ...
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... produced as an instance . It may possibly be a corruption , and if so , the original spelling dambd should be preserved as a guide to critical conjecture . In a very few instances I have given readings , both from the folio and the ...
... produced as an instance . It may possibly be a corruption , and if so , the original spelling dambd should be preserved as a guide to critical conjecture . In a very few instances I have given readings , both from the folio and the ...
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... produced . I have adopted that arrangement as far as his miscellaneous plays are concerned ; but found it universally objected to by all whom I had an opportunity to consult , if it were made to comprehend the plays which were founded ...
... produced . I have adopted that arrangement as far as his miscellaneous plays are concerned ; but found it universally objected to by all whom I had an opportunity to consult , if it were made to comprehend the plays which were founded ...
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... Joshua was frequently present during its progress , and himself , although this portrait is said to have been " the * Mr . Steevens's Advertisement , p . 253 . shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a 6 ADVERTISEMENT . XXV.
... Joshua was frequently present during its progress , and himself , although this portrait is said to have been " the * Mr . Steevens's Advertisement , p . 253 . shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a 6 ADVERTISEMENT . XXV.
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William Shakespeare James Boswell. shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a copy of it , without any supplement ... produced for sale ( as in the present instance ) by alien hands , almost a century after the death of the person ...
William Shakespeare James Boswell. shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a copy of it , without any supplement ... produced for sale ( as in the present instance ) by alien hands , almost a century after the death of the person ...
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Página 236 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Página 476 - For though the Poet's matter Nature be His art doth give the fashion. And that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Página 62 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Página 449 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of. an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Snfflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius.
Página 484 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to th...
Página xlvi - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 459 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Página 473 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame, While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much.
Página 64 - Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion: even where the agency is supernatural, the dialogue is level with life.
Página 454 - And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress