The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Հատոր 1 |
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... seems to have de- termined on the course of his future life , and devoted himself to literary pursuits , which he followed with unabated vigour , but without any lucrative views , as he never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest ...
... seems to have de- termined on the course of his future life , and devoted himself to literary pursuits , which he followed with unabated vigour , but without any lucrative views , as he never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest ...
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... than their beauty . He seems in- deed to have pleased so little in this country , that there are not above six or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . Price of the pair to subscribers 7s . 6d . 12 MR RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS .
... than their beauty . He seems in- deed to have pleased so little in this country , that there are not above six or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . Price of the pair to subscribers 7s . 6d . 12 MR RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS .
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... seems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to secure his strawberries , at the expence of an allusion to the crack in poor Aubrey's head . Thus ...
... seems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to secure his strawberries , at the expence of an allusion to the crack in poor Aubrey's head . Thus ...
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... seems to have authorized an equal degree of licence respecting his own ? And yet , though the sword may have been drawn against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and envenomed ; " for the conductors of this under ...
... seems to have authorized an equal degree of licence respecting his own ? And yet , though the sword may have been drawn against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and envenomed ; " for the conductors of this under ...
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... seems to be ques- tioned , because the authority on which even such changes in it as are allowed to be judicious , is unknown . But if weight were granted to this argument , what support could be found for an- cient Greek and Roman MSS ...
... seems to be ques- tioned , because the authority on which even such changes in it as are allowed to be judicious , is unknown . But if weight were granted to this argument , what support could be found for an- cient Greek and Roman MSS ...
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Էջ 71 - 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 phantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions...
Էջ 348 - 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 : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
Էջ 350 - And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family.
Էջ 80 - 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.
Էջ 176 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Էջ 116 - Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous and critical sense either tragedies or comedies, but compositions of a distinct kind; exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, mingled with endless variety of proportion and innumerable modes of combination...
Էջ 71 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Էջ 127 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Էջ 273 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 4 Go closely in with me.] ie secretly, privately. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 104 - IN the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent. in perfect health, and memory, (God be praised!) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say: First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.