Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... paf- fages , but by the progress of his fable , and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by felect quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale , carried a ...
... paf- fages , but by the progress of his fable , and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by felect quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale , carried a ...
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... paffage of hours . In contem- plation we eafily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited ...
... paffage of hours . In contem- plation we eafily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited ...
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... paffages which may pass for imi- tations , but fo few , that the exception only confirms the rule ; he obtained them from accidental quota- tions , or by oral communication , and as he used what he had , would have used more if he had ...
... paffages which may pass for imi- tations , but fo few , that the exception only confirms the rule ; he obtained them from accidental quota- tions , or by oral communication , and as he used what he had , would have used more if he had ...
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... paffages perhaps beyond recovery , but have brought others into fufpicion , which are only obfcured by obfolete phrafeology , or by the writer's unfkilfulness and affectation . To alter is more easy than to explain , and temerity is a ...
... paffages perhaps beyond recovery , but have brought others into fufpicion , which are only obfcured by obfolete phrafeology , or by the writer's unfkilfulness and affectation . To alter is more easy than to explain , and temerity is a ...
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... paffages , by the filent labours of fome editors , with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that he thought himself allowed to extend a little further the licence , which had already been carried fo far without repre- henfion ; and of ...
... paffages , by the filent labours of fome editors , with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that he thought himself allowed to extend a little further the licence , which had already been carried fo far without repre- henfion ; and of ...
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