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. OthelloC. Bathurst, 1778 |
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... tion , a ftile which never becomes obfolete , a certain mode of phraseology fo confonant and congenial to the analogy and principles of its refpective language , as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftyle is pro- bably to be fought ...
... tion , a ftile which never becomes obfolete , a certain mode of phraseology fo confonant and congenial to the analogy and principles of its refpective language , as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftyle is pro- bably to be fought ...
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... tion ; if the fpectator can be once persuaded , that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Cæfar , that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Phar- falia , or the bank of Granicus , he is in a ftate of elevation above the ...
... tion ; if the fpectator can be once persuaded , that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Cæfar , that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Phar- falia , or the bank of Granicus , he is in a ftate of elevation above the ...
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... force , or whe- ther he had the common helps of fcholaftick educa- tion , the precepts of critical fcience , and the examples of ancient authors . There There has always prevailed a tradition , that Shake- fpeare PREFACE . 31.
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... tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces , and turn them from his deformities , and endure in him what we should in another loath or defpife . If we endured without praifing , refpect for the father of our drama . might excufe us ; but I ...
... tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces , and turn them from his deformities , and endure in him what we should in another loath or defpife . If we endured without praifing , refpect for the father of our drama . might excufe us ; but I ...
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... tion of those that went before him . The first care of the builder of a new fyftem , is to demolish the fabricks which are standing . The chief defire of him that comments an author , is to fhew how much other commentators have ...
... tion of those that went before him . The first care of the builder of a new fyftem , is to demolish the fabricks which are standing . The chief defire of him that comments an author , is to fhew how much other commentators have ...
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