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, Band 1 |
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... tion , Dr. Johnson's admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers of his own time . By following this track , most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his Gibbon the historian . From this seminary ...
... tion , Dr. Johnson's admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers of his own time . By following this track , most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his Gibbon the historian . From this seminary ...
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... tion of diligence , has never been produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels ...
... tion of diligence , has never been produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels ...
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... tion has ( in one instance at least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . ” Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a ...
... tion has ( in one instance at least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . ” Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a ...
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... is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen . datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
... is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen . datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
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... tion than it was during the period he flourished in , and the twenty years succeeding it ; for the profession of a player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in ...
... tion than it was during the period he flourished in , and the twenty years succeeding it ; for the profession of a player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 176 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Seite 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...
Seite 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,
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.