Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page xiv
... prefent distress , by re- calling in the minds of the Romans the victories of their murdered beroe . There is a very small alte- ration I would propofe " And in this mantle , " & c . " the action and emphasis is highly improved by this ...
... prefent distress , by re- calling in the minds of the Romans the victories of their murdered beroe . There is a very small alte- ration I would propofe " And in this mantle , " & c . " the action and emphasis is highly improved by this ...
Page xvi
... prefent fubject of criticism , to be knowing in the English language and English authors may be deemed fufficient . - There is an English author , which was much studied by Shakespeare , Į Shakespeare , but very fuperficially by ...
... prefent fubject of criticism , to be knowing in the English language and English authors may be deemed fufficient . - There is an English author , which was much studied by Shakespeare , Į Shakespeare , but very fuperficially by ...
Page xvii
... prefent I shall content myself with the following in King Lear , A & III . Where the Fool thus fpeaks , " I'll speak a prophecy OR ERE Igo . " When Priefts are more in words than mat- " ter , & c . " OR ERE I go is not English , and ...
... prefent I shall content myself with the following in King Lear , A & III . Where the Fool thus fpeaks , " I'll speak a prophecy OR ERE Igo . " When Priefts are more in words than mat- " ter , & c . " OR ERE I go is not English , and ...
Page xxxviii
... prefent profeffion , never counterfeits , " till be lays bold upon a debtor , and fays , be refts " him , for then he brings him into all manner of " unreft . A kind of little kings we are , bearing " the diminutive of a mace , made ...
... prefent profeffion , never counterfeits , " till be lays bold upon a debtor , and fays , be refts " him , for then he brings him into all manner of " unreft . A kind of little kings we are , bearing " the diminutive of a mace , made ...
Page li
... prefent purpose ? -Can be tell what is meant by DISCONFICTUS ? -or will be not rather think , after all , that our Editor has " cashiered com- " mon sense , to make room for a jargon of ❝ his own ? " X. Mr. W. often puts us in mind of ...
... prefent purpose ? -Can be tell what is meant by DISCONFICTUS ? -or will be not rather think , after all , that our Editor has " cashiered com- " mon sense , to make room for a jargon of ❝ his own ? " X. Mr. W. often puts us in mind of ...
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