Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... necessary to all the praise which they expect , than that the changes of action be fo prepared as to be understood , that the incidents be various and af- fecting , and the characters consistent , natural , and distinct . No other unity ...
... necessary to all the praise which they expect , than that the changes of action be fo prepared as to be understood , that the incidents be various and af- fecting , and the characters consistent , natural , and distinct . No other unity ...
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... necessary . He that , without diminution of any other excel- lence , shall preserve all the unities unbroken , deferves the like applause with the architect , who shall dif- play all the orders of architecture in a citadel , without any ...
... necessary . He that , without diminution of any other excel- lence , shall preserve all the unities unbroken , deferves the like applause with the architect , who shall dif- play all the orders of architecture in a citadel , without any ...
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... half his undertaking . The duty of a col- lator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious tasks , is very necessary ; but an emendatory critick would ill discharge very PREFACE . Rowe, though not written with much elegance or ...
... half his undertaking . The duty of a col- lator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious tasks , is very necessary ; but an emendatory critick would ill discharge very PREFACE . Rowe, though not written with much elegance or ...
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William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. very necessary ; but an emendatory critick would ill discharge his duty , without qualities very different from dulness . In perusing a corrupted piece , he muft have before him all ...
William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. very necessary ; but an emendatory critick would ill discharge his duty , without qualities very different from dulness . In perusing a corrupted piece , he muft have before him all ...
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... necessary by his own experience ; and how long foever he may deliberate , will at last explain many lines which the learned will think impossible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the ignorant will want his help . These are ...
... necessary by his own experience ; and how long foever he may deliberate , will at last explain many lines which the learned will think impossible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the ignorant will want his help . These are ...
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Page 89 - O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pros.
Page 23 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 83 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew...
Page 83 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Page 82 - Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier...