Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... ancient copies , and manufcripts . ' Twas never my intention to call in question the fkill , and abilities of one , whose reputation in learning is so deservedly established : but there was a good piece of3 advice , ( which I cannot fo ...
... ancient copies , and manufcripts . ' Twas never my intention to call in question the fkill , and abilities of one , whose reputation in learning is so deservedly established : but there was a good piece of3 advice , ( which I cannot fo ...
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... ancient robe of our trage- dian , by this miferable darning , and threadbare patchwork , resembles the long motley coat of the Fool , in our old plays , introduced to raise the laughter of the fpectators . And I am afraid , if the ...
... ancient robe of our trage- dian , by this miferable darning , and threadbare patchwork , resembles the long motley coat of the Fool , in our old plays , introduced to raise the laughter of the fpectators . And I am afraid , if the ...
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... ancients both in poetry " and all good oratory . This neglect then of " rime fo little is to be taken for a defect ... ancient liberty , reco- " vered To the 3. Oposoríasuta . See Quinctil . 1. IX . c . 3 . fame purpofe Mr. Afcham , in ...
... ancients both in poetry " and all good oratory . This neglect then of " rime fo little is to be taken for a defect ... ancient liberty , reco- " vered To the 3. Oposoríasuta . See Quinctil . 1. IX . c . 3 . fame purpofe Mr. Afcham , in ...
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... ancient learning , and all those , whose inclinations lead them thro ' fuch untrodden paths . I But this perhaps will not appear fo furprising , when ' tis confidered , that the more liberal sciences and humane letters , are not the ...
... ancient learning , and all those , whose inclinations lead them thro ' fuch untrodden paths . I But this perhaps will not appear fo furprising , when ' tis confidered , that the more liberal sciences and humane letters , are not the ...
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... ancient chivalry may be seen in Shakespeare's K. Richard II . where Bolingbroke , fon to John of Gaunt , ap- peals the duke of Norfolk , on an accusation of high treafon . He would have been thought a most irreligious perfon , who ...
... ancient chivalry may be seen in Shakespeare's K. Richard II . where Bolingbroke , fon to John of Gaunt , ap- peals the duke of Norfolk , on an accusation of high treafon . He would have been thought a most irreligious perfon , who ...
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