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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... wonder are soon exhausted , and the mind can only repose on the stability of
truth . 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 ...
... wonder are soon exhausted , and the mind can only repose on the stability of
truth . 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 ...
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The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only
gain attention by hy . perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and
unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances
invigorated ...
The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only
gain attention by hy . perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and
unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances
invigorated ...
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... known by the names of tragedy and comedy , compositions intended to
promote different ends by contrary means , and considered as fo little allied , that
I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a fingle writer who attempted
both .
... known by the names of tragedy and comedy , compositions intended to
promote different ends by contrary means , and considered as fo little allied , that
I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a fingle writer who attempted
both .
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That this is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism will be readily allowed ; but
there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature . The end of writing is to
instruct ; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing . That the mingled drama may
...
That this is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism will be readily allowed ; but
there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature . The end of writing is to
instruct ; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing . That the mingled drama may
...
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He sacrifices virtue to convenience , and is so much more careful to please than
to instruct , that he seems to write ... This fault the barbarity of his age cannot
extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make ihe world better , and justice is a
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He sacrifices virtue to convenience , and is so much more careful to please than
to instruct , that he seems to write ... This fault the barbarity of his age cannot
extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make ihe world better , and justice is a
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| Título | 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 ... 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 Estatal de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 30 Sep. 2014 |
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