Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... Kings : i . e . a ridiculous representation of majefty . These paffages the editors have very rightly expounded . I will now mention fome others , which seem to have escaped their notice , the allufions being not quite fo obvious . THE ...
... Kings : i . e . a ridiculous representation of majefty . These paffages the editors have very rightly expounded . I will now mention fome others , which seem to have escaped their notice , the allufions being not quite fo obvious . THE ...
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... king , fome of that taft of literature had been restored , which we enjoyed in the days of Queen Elizabeth . But when we brought home our frenchified king , we did then , and have even to this day continued to bring from France our ...
... king , fome of that taft of literature had been restored , which we enjoyed in the days of Queen Elizabeth . But when we brought home our frenchified king , we did then , and have even to this day continued to bring from France our ...
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... King , II , 43. Hom . II . a . 279. Exalux . βασιλεύς . Σκηπτυχα Thou my SHADE Infeparable , muft with me along , X , 249 . Hor . L. 2. 8. fpeaking of those who attended Maecenas as unbidden guests . Quos Maecenas adduxerat UMBRAS . And ...
... King , II , 43. Hom . II . a . 279. Exalux . βασιλεύς . Σκηπτυχα Thou my SHADE Infeparable , muft with me along , X , 249 . Hor . L. 2. 8. fpeaking of those who attended Maecenas as unbidden guests . Quos Maecenas adduxerat UMBRAS . And ...
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... king of arms from France came to the English court , with a fo- lemn proclamation , declaring , that in June en- fuing , the two kings , Henry and Francis , with fourteen aids , would in a camp , between Ardres and Guifnes , answer all ...
... king of arms from France came to the English court , with a fo- lemn proclamation , declaring , that in June en- fuing , the two kings , Henry and Francis , with fourteen aids , would in a camp , between Ardres and Guifnes , answer all ...
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... king then reigning , ' twas an interefting story ; and though full of machinery , yet probable , because the won- derful 2 1. Hamlet , Act III . he feems to have had in his mind what Donatus in his life of Terence cites from Cicero ...
... king then reigning , ' twas an interefting story ; and though full of machinery , yet probable , because the won- derful 2 1. Hamlet , Act III . he feems to have had in his mind what Donatus in his life of Terence cites from Cicero ...
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