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 xii
... present offence was indeed avoided ; but I do not know whether the author may not have been somewhat to blame in his second choice , since it is certain that sir John Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieutenant ...
... present offence was indeed avoided ; but I do not know whether the author may not have been somewhat to blame in his second choice , since it is certain that sir John Falstaff , who was a knight of the garter , and a lieutenant ...
Page xvii
... present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well - distinguished variety in those characters which he thought fit to meddle with . Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a master - piece ; the character is ...
... present age has taken the liberty to do , yet there is a pleasing and a well - distinguished variety in those characters which he thought fit to meddle with . Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a master - piece ; the character is ...
Page xxiii
... present stage , it cannot but be a matter of great wonder that he should advance dramatick poetry so far as he did . The fable is what is generally placed the first , among those that are reckoned the constituent parts of a tragick or ...
... present stage , it cannot but be a matter of great wonder that he should advance dramatick poetry so far as he did . The fable is what is generally placed the first , among those that are reckoned the constituent parts of a tragick or ...
Page xxix
... present age refuses , and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
... present age refuses , and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy , will be at last bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that ...
Page xxxiv
... present possessor to another claim- ant . The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity ...
... present possessor to another claim- ant . The choice is right , when there is reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity ...
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