The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrew.- v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.- v.5 King John. King Richrd II. King Henry IV, parts I-II.- v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, parts I-III.- v.7 King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v.8. Julius Cæsar. Anthony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello |
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Those whom my arguments cannot persuade to give their approbation to the
judgment of Shakespeare , will easily , if they confider the condition of his life ,
make some allowance for his ignorance . Every man ' s performances , to be
rightly ...
Those whom my arguments cannot persuade to give their approbation to the
judgment of Shakespeare , will easily , if they confider the condition of his life ,
make some allowance for his ignorance . Every man ' s performances , to be
rightly ...
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players by those who may be supposed to have seldom understood them ; they
were transmitted by copiers equally unskilful , who still multiplied errors ; they
were perhaps sometimes mutilated by the actors , for the sake of shortening the ...
players by those who may be supposed to have seldom understood them ; they
were transmitted by copiers equally unskilful , who still multiplied errors ; they
were perhaps sometimes mutilated by the actors , for the sake of shortening the ...
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It is hard to satisfy those who know not what to demand , or those who demand by
design what they think impossible to be done . I have indeed disappointed no
opinion more than my own ; yet I have endeavoured to perform my task with no ...
It is hard to satisfy those who know not what to demand , or those who demand by
design what they think impossible to be done . I have indeed disappointed no
opinion more than my own ; yet I have endeavoured to perform my task with no ...
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Nay , the spirit of oppos sition ran so high , that whatever those of the one fide
objected to the other , was taken at the rebound , and turned into praises ; as
injudiciously , as their antagonists before had made them objections . porto salon
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Nay , the spirit of oppos sition ran so high , that whatever those of the one fide
objected to the other , was taken at the rebound , and turned into praises ; as
injudiciously , as their antagonists before had made them objections . porto salon
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It is certain , I am indebted to him for some flagrant civilities ; and I shall willingly
devote a part of my life to the honest endeavour of quitting scores : with this
exception however , that I will not return those civilities in his peculiar strain , but ...
It is certain , I am indebted to him for some flagrant civilities ; and I shall willingly
devote a part of my life to the honest endeavour of quitting scores : with this
exception however , that I will not return those civilities in his peculiar strain , but ...
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Página 218 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears ; or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Página 65 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Página 100 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Página 16 - Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
Página 294 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
Página 4 - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Página 6 - To bring a lover, a lady, and a rival into the fable; to entangle them in...
Página 40 - ... profit. When his plays had been acted, his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader.
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Página 216 - The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room...
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| Título | The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the ... Volumen1 de The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Autor | William Shakespeare |
| Editores | Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | C. Bathurst, 1778 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 17 Ene. 2008 |
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