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 viii
... thing that looks like an imi- tation of the ancients . The delicacy of his taste , and the natural bent of his own great genius , ( equal , if not superior , to some of the best of theirs , ) would certainly have led him to read and ...
... thing that looks like an imi- tation of the ancients . The delicacy of his taste , and the natural bent of his own great genius , ( equal , if not superior , to some of the best of theirs , ) would certainly have led him to read and ...
Page x
... things of this kind , to see and know what was the first essay of a fancy like Shak- speare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his be- ginnings , like those of other authors , among their least perfect writings ; art had so little , and ...
... things of this kind , to see and know what was the first essay of a fancy like Shak- speare's . Perhaps we are not to look for his be- ginnings , like those of other authors , among their least perfect writings ; art had so little , and ...
Page xiv
... thing from them ; and that if he would produce any one topick finely treated by any one of them , he would undertake to shew something upon the same subject at least as well written by Shakspeare . The latter part of his life was spent ...
... thing from them ; and that if he would produce any one topick finely treated by any one of them , he would undertake to shew something upon the same subject at least as well written by Shakspeare . The latter part of his life was spent ...
Page xvi
... things which could not escape laughter ; as when he said in the person " of Cæsar , one speaking to him , 66 " Cæsar , thou dost me wrong . " He replied : " Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause . 19 " and such like , which were ...
... things which could not escape laughter ; as when he said in the person " of Cæsar , one speaking to him , 66 " Cæsar , thou dost me wrong . " He replied : " Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause . 19 " and such like , which were ...
Page xvii
... things I have been pleased with in looking him over . His plays are properly to be distinguished only into comedies and tragedies . Those which are called histories , and even some of his comedies , are really tragedies , with a run or ...
... things I have been pleased with in looking him over . His plays are properly to be distinguished only into comedies and tragedies . Those which are called histories , and even some of his comedies , are really tragedies , with a run or ...
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