Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE . In TEN VOLUMES . WITH THE CORRECTIONS and ILLUSTRATIONS OF Various СоMMENTATORS ; To which are added NOTES by SAMUEL JOHNSON しに ... PLAYS THE ...
William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE . In TEN VOLUMES . WITH THE CORRECTIONS and ILLUSTRATIONS OF Various СоMMENTATORS ; To which are added NOTES by SAMUEL JOHNSON しに ... PLAYS THE ...
Page
... play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occafion : even where ...
... play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occafion : even where ...
Page
... play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks de- cency violated when the Danish ufurper is represented as a ... plays are not in the rigorous and cri- tical PREFACE .
... play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks de- cency violated when the Danish ufurper is represented as a ... plays are not in the rigorous and cri- tical PREFACE .
Page
William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous and cri- tical ... plays are divided be- tween serious and ludicrous characters , and , in the successive evolutions of the design ...
William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson, George Steevens. Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous and cri- tical ... plays are divided be- tween serious and ludicrous characters , and , in the successive evolutions of the design ...
Page
... play of Hamlet is opened , without impropriety , by two centinels ; Iago bellows at Brabantio's window , without injury to the scheme of the play , though in terms which a modern audience would not easily en- dure ; the character of ...
... play of Hamlet is opened , without impropriety , by two centinels ; Iago bellows at Brabantio's window , without injury to the scheme of the play , though in terms which a modern audience would not easily en- dure ; the character of ...
Common terms and phrases
almoſt Anne Ariel becauſe beſt Caius Caliban cauſe criticks daughter defire deſign Duke edition editors elſe Engliſh Enter Exeunt Exit expreſſion faid falſe Falſtaff fame fatire fervant firſt fome Ford fubject fuch fure give hath Hoft houſe humour JOHNSON juſt laſt Laun leſs Lond lord loſe maſter maſter Brook Mira miſtreſs month's mind moſt muſt myſelf neceſſary obſerved occafion paſſages play pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe pray preſent Profpero Protheus publiſhed purpoſe quartos Quic reaſon reſt ſame ſay ſcene ſeems ſenſe ſervice ſeveral Shal ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould Silvia ſince Sir John Slen ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpeech Speed ſpirit ſtage ſtand ſtate STEEVENS ſtill ſtory ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſe thee THEOBALD theſe thoſe thou thought Thurio tranſlated Trin uſe Valentine WARBURTON whoſe wife William Shakespeare word
Popular passages
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...