The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. With Glossarial Notes, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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Page v
... faults , or praise of excellence . " All obsolete words , or obscure sentiments , are at- tempted to be explained by a glossary , or by a note , as concise as possible , at the bottom of every page ; which will render the mines of this ...
... faults , or praise of excellence . " All obsolete words , or obscure sentiments , are at- tempted to be explained by a glossary , or by a note , as concise as possible , at the bottom of every page ; which will render the mines of this ...
Page xviii
... fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and in short every way vicious , yet he has given him so much wit as to make him almost too ...
... fault in the draught he has made of this lewd old fellow , it is , that though he has made him a thief , lying , cowardly , vain - glorious , and in short every way vicious , yet he has given him so much wit as to make him almost too ...
Page xxii
... faults ; but as Shakspeare lived under a kind of mere light of nature , and had never been made acquainted with the regularity of those written precepts , so it would be hard to judge him by a law he knew nothing of . We are to consider ...
... faults ; but as Shakspeare lived under a kind of mere light of nature , and had never been made acquainted with the regularity of those written precepts , so it would be hard to judge him by a law he knew nothing of . We are to consider ...
Page xxiii
... faults he was guilty of in it . His tales were seldom invented , but rather taken either from the true history , or novels and romances : and he commonly made use of them in that order , with those incidents , and that extent of time in ...
... faults he was guilty of in it . His tales were seldom invented , but rather taken either from the true history , or novels and romances : and he commonly made use of them in that order , with those incidents , and that extent of time in ...
Page xxiv
... and all those good qualities which are at- tributed to him in any account of his reign If his faults are not shewn in an equal degree , and the shades in this picture do not bear a just χχίν SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , ETC.
... and all those good qualities which are at- tributed to him in any account of his reign If his faults are not shewn in an equal degree , and the shades in this picture do not bear a just χχίν SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , ETC.
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