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, Volume 1 |
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... theatre , this was a convenient house of entertainment ; and that for many years afterwards ( as the tradition of the neighbourhood re . ports ) it was understood to have been a place where the wits and wags of a former age were ...
... theatre , this was a convenient house of entertainment ; and that for many years afterwards ( as the tradition of the neighbourhood re . ports ) it was understood to have been a place where the wits and wags of a former age were ...
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... theatre of his fame and fortune , and the only place where painters , at that period , could have expected to thrive by their profession . We may sup- pose too , that the booksellers who employed Droeshout , dis- covered the object of ...
... theatre of his fame and fortune , and the only place where painters , at that period , could have expected to thrive by their profession . We may sup- pose too , that the booksellers who employed Droeshout , dis- covered the object of ...
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... theatre . It is certain , that neither the Zoustian or Chando- san canvas has displayed the least trait of a quiet and gentle bard of the Elizabethan age . To ascertain the original owner of the portrait now Mr. Fel- ton's , is an ...
... theatre . It is certain , that neither the Zoustian or Chando- san canvas has displayed the least trait of a quiet and gentle bard of the Elizabethan age . To ascertain the original owner of the portrait now Mr. Fel- ton's , is an ...
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... were but too successful in their precaution . " Thank fortune ( say the original putterforth of Troilus and Cressida ) for the scape it hath made amongst you ; plainer terms , that the vitiations of a careless theatre 24 ADVERTISEMENT .
... were but too successful in their precaution . " Thank fortune ( say the original putterforth of Troilus and Cressida ) for the scape it hath made amongst you ; plainer terms , that the vitiations of a careless theatre 24 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... theatre were se- conded by those of as ignorant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the inno . cence of females nursed in a camp and educated in a bagnio.- As often therefore as we are ...
... theatre were se- conded by those of as ignorant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the inno . cence of females nursed in a camp and educated in a bagnio.- As often therefore as we are ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 176 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Página 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...
Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.