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Page xiii
... beft occafion that any just writer could take , to form the judgment and tafte of our nation . For of all English poets Shakefpear muft be confeffed to be the fairest and fulleft fubject for criticism , and to afford the most numerous ...
... beft occafion that any just writer could take , to form the judgment and tafte of our nation . For of all English poets Shakefpear muft be confeffed to be the fairest and fulleft fubject for criticism , and to afford the most numerous ...
Page xvi
... beft models , the ancients , to infpire him with an emulation of them ; in a word , without any views of reputation , and of what poets are pleafed to call immortality : fome or all of which have encouraged the vanity , or animated the ...
... beft models , the ancients , to infpire him with an emulation of them ; in a word , without any views of reputation , and of what poets are pleafed to call immortality : fome or all of which have encouraged the vanity , or animated the ...
Page xxviii
... beft of theirs ) , would certainly have led him to read and study them with fo much pleasure , that fome of their fine i- mages would naturally have infinuated themfelves into , and been mixed with his own writings ; fo that his not ...
... beft of theirs ) , would certainly have led him to read and study them with fo much pleasure , that fome of their fine i- mages would naturally have infinuated themfelves into , and been mixed with his own writings ; fo that his not ...
Page xxx
... beft converfations of thofe times . Queen Elifabeth had several of his plays acted before her , and without doubt gave him many gracious marks of her favour . It is that maiden - prin- cefs plainly whom he intends by -A fair veftal ...
... beft converfations of thofe times . Queen Elifabeth had several of his plays acted before her , and without doubt gave him many gracious marks of her favour . It is that maiden - prin- cefs plainly whom he intends by -A fair veftal ...
Page 14
... beft ) To answer other bufinefs . Shrug'ft thou , malice ? If thou neglect'ft , or doft unwillingly What I command , I'll rack thee with old cramps ; Fill all thy bones with aches , make thee roar , That beafts fhall tremble at thy din ...
... beft ) To answer other bufinefs . Shrug'ft thou , malice ? If thou neglect'ft , or doft unwillingly What I command , I'll rack thee with old cramps ; Fill all thy bones with aches , make thee roar , That beafts fhall tremble at thy din ...
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