Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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Page 9
... is refolved to break the fubject of the discourse to none but Horatio ; and to all others his intention is to appear as a fort of madman : when 1 Milton or Shakespeare , tho ' it may be fport Sect . 1 on SHAKESPEARE 9.
... is refolved to break the fubject of the discourse to none but Horatio ; and to all others his intention is to appear as a fort of madman : when 1 Milton or Shakespeare , tho ' it may be fport Sect . 1 on SHAKESPEARE 9.
Page 15
... fubject in the world for ridicule . Totus verò ifte , qui vulgo appellatur Amor , ( nec hercule invenio , quo nomine alio poffit appellari ) tantae levitatis eft , ut nihil videam , quod putem con- ferendum . ** O praeclaram ...
... fubject in the world for ridicule . Totus verò ifte , qui vulgo appellatur Amor , ( nec hercule invenio , quo nomine alio poffit appellari ) tantae levitatis eft , ut nihil videam , quod putem con- ferendum . ** O praeclaram ...
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... fubject be harsh and rough . The muficians and painter's can in- form Sophocles in Oed . col . p . 316. Edit . Steph . fpeaks of Juftice , as The affeffor of Jove : Aixn Eúvede Zuvós . So Arrian in Exped . Alex . IV , ο οι πάλαι σοφοι ...
... fubject be harsh and rough . The muficians and painter's can in- form Sophocles in Oed . col . p . 316. Edit . Steph . fpeaks of Juftice , as The affeffor of Jove : Aixn Eúvede Zuvós . So Arrian in Exped . Alex . IV , ο οι πάλαι σοφοι ...
Page 29
... fubject might be , The death of Mofes . But not play - books only , but all books of elegance have thefe , worse than Goths and Vandals , attacked : and these in deed must be first destroyed , before their own barbarity can take place ...
... fubject might be , The death of Mofes . But not play - books only , but all books of elegance have thefe , worse than Goths and Vandals , attacked : and these in deed must be first destroyed , before their own barbarity can take place ...
Page 32
... fubject deferving confidera- tion , how blind zeal and fuperftition on one hand , and open profligacy and contempt of religion on the other , tend equally alike to lead us the fame road to ignorance . 2. Cicero de Leg . II , 15. Plato's ...
... fubject deferving confidera- tion , how blind zeal and fuperftition on one hand , and open profligacy and contempt of religion on the other , tend equally alike to lead us the fame road to ignorance . 2. Cicero de Leg . II , 15. Plato's ...
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