Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... expreffion . Such muft be his com- prehenfion of thought , and fuch his copioufnefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must be able to select that which best fuits with the state , opinions , and modes of language ...
... expreffion . Such muft be his com- prehenfion of thought , and fuch his copioufnefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must be able to select that which best fuits with the state , opinions , and modes of language ...
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... expreffion , or in- dulged himself in allufions to tranfient customs , which were not of fufficient notoriety to deferve ridicule or reprehenfion . When examples in favour of contra- dictory opinions are affembled , though no attempt is ...
... expreffion , or in- dulged himself in allufions to tranfient customs , which were not of fufficient notoriety to deferve ridicule or reprehenfion . When examples in favour of contra- dictory opinions are affembled , though no attempt is ...
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... expreffion , he will at once excite the difguft and difpleafure of fuch as think their own knowledge or fagacity undervalued . It is difficult to fix a medium between doing too little and too much in the task of mere explanation . There ...
... expreffion , he will at once excite the difguft and difpleafure of fuch as think their own knowledge or fagacity undervalued . It is difficult to fix a medium between doing too little and too much in the task of mere explanation . There ...
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... expreffion ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering verfification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe our author's wit buoys up ...
... expreffion ; the most pompous rhymes , and thundering verfification . In comedy , nothing was fo fure to please , as mean buffoonry , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe our author's wit buoys up ...
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... expreffions , & c . if these are not to be afcribed to the forefaid accidental reafons , they must be charged upon the poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two dif- advantages which I have mentioned ( to be ...
... expreffions , & c . if these are not to be afcribed to the forefaid accidental reafons , they must be charged upon the poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two dif- advantages which I have mentioned ( to be ...
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Page 83 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
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