Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... Falstaff's allufion to fewed prunes , fhould not be difgufted at a multitude of inftances , which , when the point is once known to be established , may be diminished by any future editor . An author , who catches ( as Pope expreffes it ) ...
... Falstaff's allufion to fewed prunes , fhould not be difgufted at a multitude of inftances , which , when the point is once known to be established , may be diminished by any future editor . An author , who catches ( as Pope expreffes it ) ...
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... author . It has been obferved by Mr. Rowe , that , amongst other extravagancies which our author has given to his Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor , he he has made him a deer - ftealer ; and Mr. THEOBALD's PREFACE .
... author . It has been obferved by Mr. Rowe , that , amongst other extravagancies which our author has given to his Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor , he he has made him a deer - ftealer ; and Mr. THEOBALD's PREFACE .
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... Falstaff does of Poins ; -Hang him , ba- boon ! his wit is as thick as Tewksbury mustard ; there is no more conceit in him , than is in a MALLET . If it be not prophanation to fet the opinion of the divine Longinus against such a ...
... Falstaff does of Poins ; -Hang him , ba- boon ! his wit is as thick as Tewksbury mustard ; there is no more conceit in him , than is in a MALLET . If it be not prophanation to fet the opinion of the divine Longinus against such a ...
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... Falstaff is faid to have been written originally under the name of Oldcastle , fome of that family being then remaining , the queen was pleafed to command him to alter it ; upon which he made ufe of Falftaff . The prefent 2 * See the ...
... Falstaff is faid to have been written originally under the name of Oldcastle , fome of that family being then remaining , the queen was pleafed to command him to alter it ; upon which he made ufe of Falftaff . The prefent 2 * See the ...
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... Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieu- tenant - general , was a name of diftinguished merit in the wars in France in Henry the Fifth's and Henry the Sixth's times . What grace foever the queen con- ferred upon him , it ...
... Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieu- tenant - general , was a name of diftinguished merit in the wars in France in Henry the Fifth's and Henry the Sixth's times . What grace foever the queen con- ferred upon him , it ...
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