Eighteenth Century Essays on ShakespeareDavid Nichol Smith J. MacLehose and Sons, 1903 - 358 páginas |
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... Theobald's qualifications as an editor , it would appear that we must subscribe to the deliberate verdict of Johnson . We require strong evidence before we may disregard contemporary opinion , and in Theobald's case there is abundant ...
... Theobald's qualifications as an editor , it would appear that we must subscribe to the deliberate verdict of Johnson . We require strong evidence before we may disregard contemporary opinion , and in Theobald's case there is abundant ...
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... THEOBALD PREFACE TO EDITION of Shakespeare ( 1733 ) HANMER : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1744 ) WARBURTON : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1747 ) 24 47 . 63 92 - 96 JOHNSON : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1765 ) 112 ...
... THEOBALD PREFACE TO EDITION of Shakespeare ( 1733 ) HANMER : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1744 ) WARBURTON : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1747 ) 24 47 . 63 92 - 96 JOHNSON : PREFACE TO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE ( 1765 ) 112 ...
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... Theobald could say that " this author is grown so universal a book that there are very few studies or collections of books , though small , amongst which it does not hold a place " ; and he could add that " there is scarce a poet that ...
... Theobald could say that " this author is grown so universal a book that there are very few studies or collections of books , though small , amongst which it does not hold a place " ; and he could add that " there is scarce a poet that ...
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... Theobald , whom some would consider Shakespeare's greatest friend in this century , believed in the rules . He complied with the taste of the town when he wrote pantomimes , but he was a sterner man when he posed as a critic . He would ...
... Theobald , whom some would consider Shakespeare's greatest friend in this century , believed in the rules . He complied with the taste of the town when he wrote pantomimes , but he was a sterner man when he posed as a critic . He would ...
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... Theobald's ideas were liable to change , the explanation is that he was amenable to the opinions of others . We do not find in Theobald's criticism the courage of originality . There is little about the rules in Pope's Preface . That ...
... Theobald's ideas were liable to change , the explanation is that he was amenable to the opinions of others . We do not find in Theobald's criticism the courage of originality . There is little about the rules in Pope's Preface . That ...
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