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Page 89
... Shakespeare much more just than that of the Grecians for Aeschylus . In the age of that poet , the Greek tongue was ... Shakespeare's time that many of his words , and more of his phrases , are scarce intelligible . And of those which we ...
... Shakespeare much more just than that of the Grecians for Aeschylus . In the age of that poet , the Greek tongue was ... Shakespeare's time that many of his words , and more of his phrases , are scarce intelligible . And of those which we ...
Page 94
... Shakespeare and Fletcher in their plots ; namely , that we ought to follow them so far only as they have copied the excellencies of those who invented and brought to perfection dramatic poetry : those things only excepted which religion ...
... Shakespeare and Fletcher in their plots ; namely , that we ought to follow them so far only as they have copied the excellencies of those who invented and brought to perfection dramatic poetry : those things only excepted which religion ...
Page 103
... Shakespeare were stripped of all the bombast in his passions , and dressed in the most vulgar words , we should find the beauties of his thoughts remaining ; if his embroideries were burnt down , there would still be silver at the ...
... Shakespeare were stripped of all the bombast in his passions , and dressed in the most vulgar words , we should find the beauties of his thoughts remaining ; if his embroideries were burnt down , there would still be silver at the ...
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