The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, 1. köideF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... frequent occurrence ; and when he was finally preparing the result of his researches on that subject for the press ... frequently doubtful . As truth was the only object which he ever had in view , he was accustomed to note down every ...
... frequent occurrence ; and when he was finally preparing the result of his researches on that subject for the press ... frequently doubtful . As truth was the only object which he ever had in view , he was accustomed to note down every ...
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... frequently led us into friendly controversy . I have felt myself bound to exhibit his sen- timents , whether I thought them right or wrong , and should not have deemed myself justified in imposing upon the reader , when I laid before ...
... frequently led us into friendly controversy . I have felt myself bound to exhibit his sen- timents , whether I thought them right or wrong , and should not have deemed myself justified in imposing upon the reader , when I laid before ...
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... frequently meet with mistakes which would be obvious to persons of the slightest acquirements in the present day . It will certainly not be maintained that the great mass of mankind are endowed with more natural perspicacity than the ...
... frequently meet with mistakes which would be obvious to persons of the slightest acquirements in the present day . It will certainly not be maintained that the great mass of mankind are endowed with more natural perspicacity than the ...
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... Humphrey , Sir Joshua was frequently present during its progress , and himself , although this portrait is said to have been " the Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , p . 253 . shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a 6 ADVERTISEMENT . XXV.
... Humphrey , Sir Joshua was frequently present during its progress , and himself , although this portrait is said to have been " the Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , p . 253 . shadow of a shade , " contrived to produce a 6 ADVERTISEMENT . XXV.
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... frequently treated with contempt , but even language ( I trust hastily ) employed , which might seem to cast an imputation on his moral character ? It is to this point I speak and Mr. * Cursory Criticisms on Malone's edition , p . ix ...
... frequently treated with contempt , but even language ( I trust hastily ) employed , which might seem to cast an imputation on his moral character ? It is to this point I speak and Mr. * Cursory Criticisms on Malone's edition , p . ix ...
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Page 476 - For though the Poet's matter Nature be His art doth give the fashion. And that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page xlvi - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 484 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to th...
Page 459 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 319 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 473 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame, While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much.
Page 251 - To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, [s wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Page 454 - And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 502 - This pencil take' (she said), 'whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Page 128 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.