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 xi
... king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writing were , the ...
... king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writing were , the ...
Page xxiv
... King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our historians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shakspeare has drawn of him ! His manners are every where exactly the same with the story ; one finds him ...
... King John , King Richard , & c . What can be more agreeable to the idea our historians give of Henry the Sixth , than the picture Shakspeare has drawn of him ! His manners are every where exactly the same with the story ; one finds him ...
Page xxv
... king ; and certainly nothing was ever more justly written , than the character of Cardinal Wol- sey . He has shewn him insolent in his prosperity ; and yet , by a wonderful address , he makes his fall and ruin the subject of general ...
... king ; and certainly nothing was ever more justly written , than the character of Cardinal Wol- sey . He has shewn him insolent in his prosperity ; and yet , by a wonderful address , he makes his fall and ruin the subject of general ...
Page xxxv
... kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius ; a sena- tor of Rome , should play the buffoon ; and Vol- taire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is C 2 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE . XXXV writers of ...
... kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius ; a sena- tor of Rome , should play the buffoon ; and Vol- taire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is C 2 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE . XXXV writers of ...
Page xxxvi
... kings love wine like other men , and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings . These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition , as a painter , satisfied with the figure ...
... kings love wine like other men , and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings . These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition , as a painter , satisfied with the figure ...
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